Posted 2/28/2015 09:08 (#4420282 - in reply to #4420233) Subject: So many books, so limited time.
My formal education was some time ago. I do recall reading John Law, an author and financier influential in Europe at that time (also John Locke and David Hume.) I may interest you in The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800. It goes into much detail about the French Revolution and how it influenced our own history.