The Crowd in the French Revolution (Galaxy Books)

Rating:
Summary: Interesting but difficult reading
Review: I read this book since I have a great interest in the French Revolution and discovered it to be an informative book about what kind of people were involved in the "mob scene" actions that took place during the French Revolution. The book was clearly written for scholar-like readers and not really for casual reader who may not find this book an easy reading. The writing style isn't very good and text reading somewhat boringly.

One of the elements I disliked the most about this book was that the author liked to used French quotes without English translation when he tries to make a reference. You have to look in the back of the book for the footnotes on exactly what was written. I found this approach to be awkward and silly which handicapped the flow of the passage - unless you read French that is. If the book is written in English, write down the English translation to the quote (or put the translation immediately below the quote), anything else is just some sort of "elitist" over kill.

Otherwise, this book should interest anyone with a good background on the French Revolution but anyone else should not bother with it.