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Dedication
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 RELUCTANT LAWYER
2 THE ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ACCORDING TO BARNAVE
3 POLITICAL AWAKENING: BARNAVE IN THE PRE-REVOLUTION, 1787-9
4 THE ASSEMBLIES AT ROMANS: THE LAST ESTATES OF DAUPHINÉ
5 FROM ESTATES-GENERAL TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
6 THE DECISIVE PHASE, 14 JULY-6 OCTOBER 1789
7 THE YEAR 1790
8 BARNAVE'S PRIVATE LIFE
PLATES
9 BARNAVE AND THE COURT BEFORE THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES
10 BARNAVE ON THE DEFENSIVE
11 VARENNES AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS
12 THE REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION
13 GOVERNING IN SECRET
14 THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE: JANUARY-AUGUST 1792
15 A LONG INCARCERATION
16 TRIAL AND DEATH
CONCLUSION
ENDNOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX