"Such Politics" is a collection of short biographies of some of the main players of the French Revolution, covering a broad sampling of the political spectrum. Through these it seeks to retell the story of the Revolution for a reasonably educated audience that may have forgotten much and welcomes a fairly sophisticated refresher course. Action and words: these were the axes of the Revolution, and the words were far more prominent than the actions. Much of the time there was little to be done, but always there was much to be said. This is the subject of "Such Politics: " to ask what, after...