French Revolution and the jan 6 2021 capitol riot

it started with the jan 6 2021 when the mob invaded the capitol and was this close to vp pence and i started thinking could a mob ever take over a country? what does mob rule mean? kinda of reminded of the french revolution except i knew next to nothing about it ... that's when i decided to fill in that gap in my knowledge. 

and i learned that jan 6 was nothing like the french revolution. 

anyway this is what i read:

  • liberty or death: the french revolution by peter mcphee (very very dry like wheat, like a college text but gave an overview)
  • citizens: a chronicle of the french revolution by simon schama (good when it's profiles individual characters and main peeps but gets bogged down here n there)
  • twelve who ruled: the year of the terror in the french rev by r.r. palmer

onto the napoleon bio. 

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