248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Robespierre was one of the most powerful and the most feared leaders of the French Revolution. John Hardman describes the career of this ruthless political manipulator, and in the process explores the dynamics of the French revolutionary movement and the ferocious and self-destructive rivalries of its leadership.This original book gets behind the polished but chilly surface of the public persona to reveal how Robespierre came by his extraordinary power and how he used it.
Figure and Maps Preface PART ONE: OPPOSITION Chapter 1 The First Thirty Years Chapter 2 Robespierre in the Constituent Assembly May 1789-Septem ber 1791 Chapter 3 Out of Parliament, Septem ber 1791-September 1792 Chapter 4 The Nature of Power: The Institutions of the First Republic, 1792-1794 Chapter 5 Unfinished Business, 20 Septem ber 1792-2 June 1793 Chapter 6 From Robespierre’s Entry to the CSP to the Death of Dan ton, July 1793-April 1794 Chapter 7 The Formation of Robespierre’s Faction, July 1793-April 1794 Chapter 8 The Daily Exercise of Power I: Robespierre and Payan Chapter 9 The Daily Exercise of Power II: Robespierre, H erm an and the Police Bureau Chapter 10 Resistance, 22 P rairial/10 Ju n e -7 T herm idor/25 July Chapter 11 The Fall of Robespierre Epilogue Robespierre’s legacy Bibliography Chronology Maps Index
Biography
John Hardman formerely of the University of Edinburgh has written Louis XVI (Yale 1993) and French Politics (Longman 1995).
