Historical fiction on the French Revolution

[Stormpirate]

Hi y'all!

I did a search in the forum, but couldn't find anything that really answered my question. I'm currently studying the French Revolution in world history, and it's really piqued my interest. I was turned on to historical fiction on another site, but couldn't find any suggestions for what I'm looking for.

Can anyone suggest any historical fiction works (book or author) that target the French Revolution?

 

[Nesacat]

Went through a phase where I read anything I could find on the French Revolution. The curiousity was triggered by Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.

The books I read on the Revolution were:
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
City Of Darkness, City Of Light - Marge Piercy
A Place of Greater Safety - Hilary Mantel
Glass Blowers - Daphne du Maurier (a bit odd this in that it's a romance novel and sympathetic to the Revolution)
The Gods Will Have Blood - Anatole France
The Gods Are Thirsty - Tanith Lee

 

[aarti]

I LOVE A Place of Greater Safety, by Hilary Mantel. I also like the Josephine B. books by Sandra Gulland.

For a fantasy novel that is based on the French Revolution, you could try Paula Volsky's Illusion. But I didn't really like that one.

 

[BookStop]

What about the Sharpe books by Cornwell; aren't they during the French Revolution? Hmm - I wish I could remember.

Oh, duh. Here I found 'em on B & N. http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?visgrp=fiction&N=691047&Ne=691021+691047&z=y

that link has tons of historical fic - whether it's good or not, I have no idea, but Sharpe is probably very good as my hubby used to read 'em like crazy.

 

[aarti]

I think Sharpe is set during the Napoleonic era, for the most part. And Sharpe is English, so I don't think it's so much about the French Revolution as about the British reaction to the French Revolution and the subsequent war. But I don't really know, as I've never read a Sharpe book

 

[manephelien]

Sharpe is set during the Napoleonic wars for the most part. There's also a very good TV-series made, starring Sean Bean. 14 episodes 100 minutes each. Most were made in the mid-90s, but the most recent episode, Sharpe's Challenge, was released last year.

I haven't read the books either, but might well do so.

 

[BookStop]

I think Sharpe is set during the Napoleonic era, for the most part. And Sharpe is English, so I don't think it's so much about the French Revolution as about the British reaction to the French Revolution and the subsequent war. But I don't really know, as I've never read a Sharpe book

Yes, I do think you are right. I just remember the French Revolution coming up in something I read on the back of one of the books. History is not my cuppa if you couldn't tell.