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This investigation into the mind of Robespierre is now available in paperback The book is presented as a discussion between three figures a civil servant a member of the Communist Party and a clergyman representing different viewpoints in their reactions to evidence presented by a fourth figure the narrator In this way the author sets out to display the contradictions in the character of Robespierre that so puzzled his contemporaries and continue to perplex historians The book should be of interest to students of the French Revolution and general readers
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As it changed forever the political landscape of the modern world the French Revolution was driven by a new type of personality the confirmed selfaware revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre originated the role and embodied its ideological essence and extremes the self that he projected to the people was equated with the ideals for which he strove In creating this intellectual biography of so enigmatic a figure David Jordan has stressed the words of the man about himself With great imagination and insight Jordan places Robespierres selfconceptualization within the context of events and explains how Robespierre The Incorruptiblea man seen by contemporaries as virtuouscould not only equate justice with vengeance and demand it of the people but also stand as its symbol before the world
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Excerpt from Œuvres de Maximilien Robespierre Vol 10 Discours 5e Partie 27 Juillet 179327 Juillet 1794Nous ajouterons que les références aux ouvrages courants de même que la présentation sont identiques à celles des précédents volumes Ainsi aulard concerne La Société des Jacobins paris 1895 6 vol In E Hamel Histoire de Robespierre t 111 buchez et roux Histoire parlementaire de la Révolution française paris 1834 38 40 G Walter Robespierre 2e éd paris 1946 vol Ann Révol Annales révolutionnaires et ahrf Annales historiques de la Révolution française Quant à la réimpression du Moniteur nous avons continué à la mentionner sous le sigle Mon Adopté au début de notre publication i3About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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Describes the causes of the French Revolution examines Robespierres role in it and explains the reasons for his downfall
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As it changed forever the political landscape of the modern world the French Revolution was driven by a new type of personality the confirmed selfaware revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre originated the role and embodied its ideological essence and extremes the self that he projected to the people was equated with the ideals for which he strove In creating this intellectual biography of so enigmatic a figure David Jordan has stressed the words of the man about himself With great imagination and insight Jordan places Robespierres selfconceptualization within the context of events and explains how Robespierre The Incorruptibleâa man seen by contemporaries as virtuousâcould not only equate justice with vengeance and demand it of the people but also stand as its symbol before the world
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For some historians and biographers Maximilien Robespierre 175894 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 Terror in 179394 This masterful biography combines new research into Robespierres dramatic life with a deep understanding of society and the politics of the French Revolution to arrive at a fresh understanding of the man his passions and his tragic shortcomingsPeter McPhee gives special attention to Robespierres formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock and on the margins of polite provincial society Exploring how these experiences formed the young lawyer who arrived in Versailles in 1789 the author discovers not the cold obsessive Robespierre of legend but a man of passion with close but platonic friendships with women Soon immersed in revolutionary conflict he suffered increasingly lengthy periods of nervous collapse correlating with moments of political crisis yet Robespierre was tragically unable to step away from the crushing burdens of leadership Did his ruthless uncompromising exercise of power reflect a descent into madness in his final year of life McPhee reevaluates the ideology and reality of the Terror what Robespierre intended and whether it represented an abandonment or a reversal of his early liberalism and sense of justice
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For some historians and biographers Maximilien Robespierre 175894 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 Terror in 179394 This masterful biography combines new research into Robespierres dramatic life with a deep understanding of society and the politics of the French Revolution to arrive at a fresh understanding of the man his passions and his tragic shortcomingsPeter McPhee gives special attention to Robespierres formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock and on the margins of polite provincial society Exploring how these experiences formed the young lawyer who arrived in Versailles in 1789 the author discovers not the cold obsessive Robespierre of legend but a man of passion with close but platonic friendships with women Soon immersed in revolutionary conflict he suffered increasingly lengthy periods of nervous collapse correlating with moments of political crisis yet Robespierre was tragically unable to step away from the crushing burdens of leadership Did his ruthless uncompromising exercise of power reflect a descent into madness in his final year of life McPhee reevaluates the ideology and reality of the Terror what Robespierre intended and whether it represented an abandonment or a reversal of his early liberalism and sense of justice
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Robespierre and the Festival of the Supreme Being provides an exciting new study of an important event in the French Revolution and a defining moment in the career of its principal actor Maximilien Robespierre the Festival of the Supreme Being This day of national celebration was held to inaugurate the new state religion the Cult of the Supreme Being and whilst traditionally it has been dismissed as a compulsory political event this book redefines its importance as a hugely popular national event Hitherto unused or disregarded source material is used to offer new perspective to the national reaction to Robespierres creation of the Festival and of his search for a new republican morality It is the first ever detailed study in English of this area of French Revolutionary history the first in any language since 1988 and will be welcomed by scholars and students of this period
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A riveting biography of the French Revolutions most enigmatic figure that restores him to his pivotal historic place Since his execution by guillotine in July 1794 Maximilien Robespierre has been contested terrain for historians at once the most notorious leader of the French Revolution and the least comprehensible Was he a bloodthirsty charlatan or the only true defender of revolutionary ideals Was his extreme moralismhe was known as The Incorruptiblea heroic virtue or a ruinous flaw Was he the first modern dictator or the earliest democrat Against the dramatic backdrop of the French Revolution historian Ruth Scurr follows the trajectory of Robespierres paradoxical life from his unprepossessing beginnings as a provincial lawyer opposed to repressive authority and the death penalty to his meteoric rise in Paris politics as a devastatingly efficient revolutionary leader righteous and paranoid in equal measure She explores his reformist zeal his role in the trial of the king and the fall of the monarchy his passionate attempt to design a modern republic even his extraordinary effort to found a perfect religion And she follows him into the depths of the Terror as he makes summary execution the order of the day himself falling victim to the violence at the age of thirtysix Written with epic sweep full of nuance and insight Fatal Purity is a fascinating portrait of a man who identified with the Revolution to the point of madness and in so doing changed the course of history
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Recounts the life of Maximilien Robespierre including his childhood his participation in the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror and his execution
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Robespierre and the Festival of the Supreme Being provides an exciting new study of an important event in the French Revolution and a defining moment in the career of its principal actor Maximilien Robespierre the Festival of the Supreme Being This day of national celebration was held to inaugurate the new state religion the Cult of the Supreme Being and whilst traditionally it has been dismissed as a compulsory political event this book redefines its importance as a hugely popular national event Hitherto unused or disregarded source material is used to offer new perspective to the national reaction to Robespierres creation of the Festival and of his search for a new republican morality It is the first ever detailed study in English of this area of French Revolutionary history the first in any language since 1988 and will be welcomed by scholars and students of this period
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The University Press of France along with Fremeaux Associes present this biography of Maximilien de Robespierre by Herve Leuwers specialist of the French Revolution and professor at the University of Lille Monster or saint despot or republican martyr The name of Robespierre resonates and shakes According to the epochs and convictions of his biographers Robespierre is erected as a monster or a myth anecdotes and testimonies are instrumentalized to demonstrate what one thinks of a man b
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It is 1789 and three young provincials have come to Paris to make their way GeorgesJacques Danton an ambitious young lawyer is energetic pragmatic debtriddenand hugely but erotically ugly Maximilien Robespierre also a lawyer is slight diligent and terrified of violence His dearest friend Camille Desmoulins is a conspirator and pamphleteer of genius A charming gadfly erratic and untrustworthy bisexual and beautiful Camille is obsessed by one woman and engaged to marry another her daughter In the swells of revolution they each taste the addictive delights of power and the price that must be paid for it
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Gerard Depardieu and Wojciech Pszoniak star in Andrzej Wajdas powerful intimate depiction of the ideological clash between the earthy manofthepeople Georges Danton and icy Jacobin extremist Maximilien Robespierre both key figures of the French Revolution By drawing parallels to Polish solidarity a movement that was being quashed by the government as the film went into production Wajda drags history into the present Meticulous and fiery Danton has been hailed as one of the greatest
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It is 1789 and three young provincials have come to Paris to make their way GeorgesJacques Danton an ambitious young lawyer is energetic pragmatic debtriddenand hugely but erotically ugly Maximilien Robespierre also a lawyer is slight diligent and terrified of violence His dearest friend Camille Desmoulins is a conspirator and pamphleteer of genius A charming gadfly erratic and untrustworthy bisexual and beautiful Camille is obsessed by one woman and engaged to marry another her daughter In the swells of revolution they each taste the addictive delights of power and the price that must be paid for it
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Paris in 1789 is a city of food queues and riots This book looks at the French Revolution through the experiences of GeorgeJacques Danton a lawyer determined to make a name for himself and Maximilien Robespierre a lawyer terrified of violence Winner of the 1992 Sunday Express Award
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Trois jeunes avocats ambitieux sont venus à Paris dans lintention dy faire carrière Criblé de dettes Jacques Danton rêve de gloire et de fortune Malgré sa disgrâce physique il dégage un puissant magnétisme érotique Maximilien de Robespierre est un jeune homme brillant frêle et appliqué que la violence effraie Sensible et épris de liberté il souhaite ardemment changer le système inégalitaire de la France Camille Desmoulins est un pamphlétaire de génie Fantasque et charmeur il est obsédé par une femme mais fiancé à une autre sa fille Ces trois amis vont bientôt se retrouver au cœur de la Révolution Après avoir goûté livresse du pouvoir que resteratil de leurs idéaux Et de leur amitié Accompagné de cet impressionnant trio le lecteur plonge à corps perdu dans les bouleversements de la Révolution française et côtoie des dizaines de personnages réels Lesprit de lépoque est là incandescent enivrant et inquiétant Deux fois couronnée par le Booker Prize Hilary Mantel a consacré vingt ans de sa vie à cette œuvre exceptionnelle en deux volets qui peut être considérée comme le roman incontournable de la Révolution française
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