| Publisher | Penguin Group |
| Cover Artist | François Brunery |
| Cover photo | Bridgeman Art Library |
| Translated by | Peter Heinegg |
| First Published by | Doubleday, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. |
| Reprinted with/by arrangement with | Doubleday |
| Copyright Holder | Hoffmann und Campe |
| Publisher Series | Penguin History |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York; London; Ringwood; Toronto; Auckland |
| This Edition Published | 1991 |
| Pages / Font | 360 pages |
| ISBN | 0 14 01.4389 0 |
| Price | U.K. £6.99 / N.Z. $27.95 |
| EAN 5 | 90101 |
| Barcode | 9 780140 143898 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | BC1795.S48R3613 1990 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 241'.66'08822--dc20 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 89-48951 |
