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The fall of Robespierre : 24 hours in revolutionary Paris
- Title
- The fall of Robespierre : 24 hours in revolutionary Paris / Colin Jones.
- Author
- Jones, Colin, 1947-
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- xx, 571 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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"--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the fall of Robespierre up close -- Prelude: around midnight -- Part I. Elements of conspiracy (Midnight to 5.00 a.m.) -- Part II. Settings for a drama (5.00 a.m. to Midday) -- Part III. A parliamentary coup (Midday to 5.00 p.m.) -- Part IV. A Parisian Journée (5.00 p.m. to Midnight) -- Part V. Midnight, around midnight, after midnight.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-8241
- ISBN
- 9780198715955
- 0198715951
- OCLC
- 1246540774
- Author
- Jones, Colin, 1947- author.
- Title
- The fall of Robespierre : 24 hours in revolutionary Paris / Colin Jones.
- Publisher
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- textcartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1793-1794
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-8241