1789: twelve authors explore a year of rebellion, revolution, and change

Introduction: The age of revolutions

Exhilaration. "The fishwives make the rules": the October days of the French Revolution / by Tanya Lee Stone

The contradictory king: Gustav III and the unlikely beginnings of class equality in Sweden / by Karen Englemann

Pi, Vega, and the battle at Belgrade / by Amy Alznauer

Abomination. The Queen's chemise: Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, portraitist of Marie Antoinette / by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The choice: Paris, 1789 / by Marc Aronson

"All men are created equal": the global journey of Olaudah Equiano / by Joyce Hansen

Inspiration. The Wesleyans in the West Indies / by Summer Edward

Who counted in America? / by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson

Mary Jemison and the Seneca nation / by Christopher Turner

Conclusions. Challenging time: Dr. James Hutton, the father of geology / by Sally M. Walker

Mutiny on the Bounty / by Steve Sheinkin.