简介：AjourneythroughthedramaticanddestructiveyearsoftheFrenchRevolution,tellingitshistoryinawaynotseenbefore-throughtheextraordinarystoryofitsart.OurguidethroughthisturbulentdecadeistheconstantlysurprisingDrRichardClay,anarthistorianwhohasspenthislifedecodingthesymbolsofpowerandauthority. DrClayhasalwaysbeenfascinatedbyvandalismandiconoclasm,andbelievesmuchoftheuntoldstoryoftheFrenchRevolutioncanbediscoveredthroughthestoriesofgreatmomentsofdestruction.WhowerethestonemasonsinthecrowdoutsideNotreDamethatpulleddownthestatuesofkings?WhydothechurchesofParisstillcarryallthecodedsignsofanti-Christianstatelegislation?Whatdoesitmean,andwhowascarryingthisout? TellingthestoryoftheFrenchRevolution-fromtheStormingoftheBastilletotheriseofNapoleon-asthesignificantmodernoutbreakoficonoclasm,ClayarguesthatitrevealsthedestructiveandconstructiverolesoficonoclastsandhowthisleddirectlytothebirthofthemodernEurope.…