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Robespierre : a revolutionary life / Peter McPhee.
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- ISBN: 9780300118117 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0300118112 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xx, 299 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-291) and index. |
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Table of Contents
Robespierre : A Revolutionary Life
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| List of Illustrations | p. ix | |
| Acknowledgements | p. xi | |
| List of Abbreviations | p. xiii | |
| Introduction: 'Clay in the hands of writers' | p. xv | |
| Map of France | p. xx | |
| 1 | A 'serious, grown-up, hardworking' little boy: Arras 1758-69 | p. 1 |
| 2 | 'An extremely strong desire to succeed': Paris 1769-81 | p. 13 |
| 3 | 'Such a talented man': Arras 1781-84 | p. 27 |
| 4 | 'Bachelorhood seems to encourage rebelliousness': Arras 1784-89 | p. 41 |
| 5 | "We are winning': Versailles 1789 | p. 62 |
| 6 | 'Daring to clean out the Augean stables': Paris 1789-91 | p. 78 |
| 7 | 'Numerous and implacable enemies': Arras 1791 | p. 98 |
| 8 | 'The Vengeance of the People': Paris 1791-92 | p. 112 |
| 9 | 'Did you want a Revolution without Revolution?': Paris 1792-93 | p. 133 |
| 10 | 'A complete regeneration': Paris, July-December 1793 | p. 158 |
| 11 | 'Men with changing tongues': Paris, January-June 1794 | p. 182 |
| 12 | 'The unhappiest man alive': Paris, July 1794 | p. 204 |
| Epilogue: 'That modern Procrustes' | p. 222 | |
| Chronology | p. 235 | |
| Notes | p. 243 | |
| Bibliography | p. 276 | |
| Index | p. 292 |
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