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The Fall of Robespierre
24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris
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ISBN-13:
9780198715962
Veröffentl:
2023
Erscheinungsdatum:
27.07.2023
Seiten:
558
Autor:
Colin Jones
Gewicht:
590 g
Format:
214x135x48 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Colin Jones CBE is Emeritus Professor of Cultural History at Queen Mary University of London. He has published widely on French history, particularly on the eighteenth century, the French Revolution, and the history of medicine. His many books include The Medical World of Early Modern France (with Lawrence Brockliss, 1997), The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon (2002), Paris: Biography of a City (2004), The Smile Revolution: In Eighteenth-Century Paris (2014), and Versailles (2018). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and Past President, Royal Historical Society.
INTRODUCTION: THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE UP CLOSE
The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety, was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced.