I read half of Citizens by Schama in the 90's but I've been enjoying history more in my middle age, and I picked up Ian Davidson's book on the French Revolution . I want to list podcasts, and lectures, verbal opportunities to learn for free on the internet. History Extra Podcast episode of French Revolution (48 minutes) Wikipedia Links French Revolution had a major impact on European and Western history, by ending feudalism and creating the path for future advances in broadly defined individual freedoms. Reign of Terror an attempt to eradicate alleged "counter-revolutionaries". Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power; its fall was the flash...