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The Fall of Robespierre

By Colin Jones

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The Fall of Robespierre

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
558
Release Date:
2023-10-27
Publication Date:
2023-07-27
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
019871596X
ISBN13:
9780198715962
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
590 g
Height:
135 cm
Width:
214 cm
Thickness:
48 cm
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