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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.
Subject: Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.
Revolutionaries > France > Biography.
Statesmen > France > Biography.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
France > History > Reign of Terror, 1793-1794.
France > Politics and government > 1789-1799.

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Robespierre : A Revolutionary Life
Robespierre : A Revolutionary Life
by McPhee, Peter
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Robespierre : A Revolutionary Life

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
List of Illustrationsp. ix
Acknowledgementsp. xi
List of Abbreviationsp. xiii
Introduction: 'Clay in the hands of writers'p. xv
Map of Francep. xx
1A 'serious, grown-up, hardworking' little boy: Arras 1758-69p. 1
2'An extremely strong desire to succeed': Paris 1769-81p. 13
3'Such a talented man': Arras 1781-84p. 27
4'Bachelorhood seems to encourage rebelliousness': Arras 1784-89p. 41
5"We are winning': Versailles 1789p. 62
6'Daring to clean out the Augean stables': Paris 1789-91p. 78
7'Numerous and implacable enemies': Arras 1791p. 98
8'The Vengeance of the People': Paris 1791-92p. 112
9'Did you want a Revolution without Revolution?': Paris 1792-93p. 133
10'A complete regeneration': Paris, July-December 1793p. 158
11'Men with changing tongues': Paris, January-June 1794p. 182
12'The unhappiest man alive': Paris, July 1794p. 204
Epilogue: 'That modern Procrustes'p. 222
Chronologyp. 235
Notesp. 243
Bibliographyp. 276
Indexp. 292

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