Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life

by Peter McPhee

Book Overview

An intimate new portrait of one of history's most controversial figures: heroic revolutionary or the first terrorist?

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 Terror in 1793-94...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300197241
• ISBN13: 9780300197242
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.6" x 5.0"