*Includes pictures *Describes the history of the Bastille before the French Revolution *Includes accounts of the storming of the Bastille by one of the defender

This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the st

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Describes the storming of the Bastille fortress on July 14, 1789, and the significance of this event in the revolution that followed and in subsequent French hi

The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 and the beginning of the French Revolution.