The Fall of Robespierre. 24 Hours in Paris During the French Revolution
19.99 €
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The Fall of Robespierre. 24 Hours in Paris During the French Revolution
19.99 €
Having processed thousands of sources – from police reports to theatre posters – British historian Colin Jones has presented a chronicle of July 27, 1794, the “Ninth Thermidor”: a turning point and, perhaps, the craziest day in the history of the Great French Revolution, when Maximilien Robespierre was deposed.
Fascinating, superbly constructed, exceptionally informative and, finally, written by a witty author, this book is a real “time machine”: a dizzyingly dynamic series of scenes unfolding in different places in Paris and coming together to form a live report. The guillotine blade cuts off heads one after another, the clock hand runs, conspiracies arise and burst, hundreds of characters commit heroic and farcical acts and are forced to improvise – and no one knows who is destined to survive.
After closing the last page of the book, you will have a much better understanding of what the French Revolution was, what the true role of Robespierre was, and how the mechanism of political metamorphoses worked that changed the world once and for all.
Fascinating, superbly constructed, exceptionally informative and, finally, written by a witty author, this book is a real “time machine”: a dizzyingly dynamic series of scenes unfolding in different places in Paris and coming together to form a live report. The guillotine blade cuts off heads one after another, the clock hand runs, conspiracies arise and burst, hundreds of characters commit heroic and farcical acts and are forced to improvise – and no one knows who is destined to survive.
After closing the last page of the book, you will have a much better understanding of what the French Revolution was, what the true role of Robespierre was, and how the mechanism of political metamorphoses worked that changed the world once and for all.
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