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The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris

The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris

Jones, Colin

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French HistoryGeneral World HistoryUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 019871596X
ISBN13: 9780198715962
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Oct 27 2023
Pages: 592
Weight: 1.35
Height: 2.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. At 12.00 midnight, Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety which had for more than a year directed the Reign of Terror, was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced.

By 12.00 midnight at the close of the day, following a day of uncertainty, surprises, upsets and reverses, his world had been turned upside down. He was an outlaw, on the run, and himself wanted for conspiracy against the Republic. He felt that his whole life and his Revolutionary career were drawing to an end. As indeed they were. He shot himself shortly afterwards. Half-dead, the guillotine finished him off in grisly fashion the next day.

The Fall of Robespierre provides an hour-by-hour analysis of these 24 hours.

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