PREPARATION FOR YR 12 A-LEVEL HISTORY
Edexcel: Route C: Revolutions in early modern and modern Europe
France in Revolution 1774-99
Suggested Reading
Non-fiction
Fiction
Townson D. France in Revolution. Hodder A place of Greater Safety – Hilary Mantel
(1999)
Waller S. France in Revolution 1776- Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French
1830. Heinemann (2002)
Revolution - Michelle Moran
Price M. The Fall of the French Monarchy. A Tale of Two cities – Charles Dickens
Pan (2003)
Jones C. The Longman Companion to the City of Darkness, City of Light - Marge
French Revolution. Longman (1990)
Piercy
Furet F. Interpreting the French The French Revolution (TV 2005)
Revolution. Cambridge UP (1981)
Wright D. G. Revolution & Terror in
France 1789-1795. Longman Seminar
nd
Studies, 2 ed
Schama S. Citizens: A Chronicle of the
French Revolution. Penguin (1989)
Task One
Research the life and reign of King Louis XVI and create an A3 fact file on him, including the following
information:
 Family background
 Marriage to Marie Antoinette
 Issues/ problems inherited from his farther
 Problems facing his rule
 Ability as a king
Task Two
Find one primary source (from the time) and one secondary source (about the time) about Louis XVI and
complete the following:
 Identify/ annotate their message, nature, origin and purpose
 Write a couple of paragraphs comparing the two sources as evidence for Louis XVI as king of France,
considering the features mentioned in the point above.
Extension
Create a spider diagram of the main causes of the French Revolution, highlighting the long/ short term
causes.
PREPARATION FOR YR 12 A-LEVEL HISTORY
Edexcel: Route C: Revolutions in early modern and modern Europe
Britain, 1625–1701: conflict, revolution and settlement
Suggested Reading
Non-fiction
Fiction
Charles River Editors, Oliver Cromwell: Robert Wilton: Traitor’s field (2013)
The Notorious Life and Legacy of the Lord
Protector of the Commonwealth of
England, (2014)
Antonia Fraser, Cromwell:Our Chief Of Antonia Senior: Treason’s Daughter
Men, (2008)
(2015)
Edward Vallance, The Glorious
Revolution: 1688 - Britain's Fight for
Liberty, (2007)
Michael Arnold: Traitor's Blood: Book 1 of
The Civil War Chronicles (2011)
Christopher Hibbert, Charles I: A Life of The Devil's Whore [DVD] [2008]
Religion, War and Treason, (2007)
Peter Ackroyd, Civil War: The History of New Worlds [DVD] [2014]
England Volume III (History of England
Vol III), (2015)
Monarchy, presented by David Starkey
[Channel 4, DVD]
Task One
Research the life and reign of King Charles I and create an A3 fact file on him, including the following
information:
 Family background and the problems he inherited from his father James I
 Issues/ problems in England related to religion
 His relationship with
o Parliament
o Advisors such as Archbishop Laud and Thomas Wentworth
Task Two
Find two secondary sources (about the time) about the Glorious Revolution:
 Identify the following:
o Key differences in what the historians are saying about the Glorious Revolution
o Key similarities in what the historians are saying about the Glorious Revolution
o Select evidence from the sources to support these opinions
 Write a couple of paragraphs comparing the two sources as evidence for the reasons for the Glorious
Revolution and the issues involved, considering the features mentioned in the point above.
Extension
Create a spider diagram of the main causes of the Civil Wars (including Scotland and Ireland), highlighting
the long/ short term causes.