The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris 0198715951, 9780198715955

The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French

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The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris
0198715951, 9780198715955

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For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758–94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in

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For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758–94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in

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The sights, sounds, and smells of life on the streets and in the houses of eighteenth-century Paris rise from the pages

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Walk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most powerful and bust

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Spend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edge of the fateful war

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