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Robespierre : a revolutionary life /
For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. For many others, he was the first modern dictator, a fanatic who instigated the murderous Reign of...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2012.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- �Clay in the hands of writers�
- A �serious, grown-up, hardworking� little boy
- �An extremely strong desire to succeed�
- �Such a talented man�
- �Bachelorhood seems to encourage rebelliousness�
- �Daring to clean out the Augean stables�
- �Numerous and implacable enemies�
- �The Vengeance of the People�
- �Did you want a Revolution without Revolution?�
- �A complete regeneration�
- �Men with changing tongues�
- €?The unhappiest man alive��That modern Procrustes�
- Chronology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index