Fatal purity : Robespierre and the French Revolution /
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| Author / Creator: | Scurr, Ruth. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Metropolitan Books, 2006. |
| Description: | xvii, 408 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5999296 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Map of Revolutionary Paris
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Before the Revolution (1758-1788)
- 1. Child of Arras
- 2. The Lawyer-Poet Back Home
- Part II. The Revolution Begins (1788-1789)
- 3. Standing for Election in Arras
- 4. Representing the Nation at Versailles
- Part III. Reconstituting France (1789-1791)
- 5. The National Assembly in Paris
- 6. The Constitution
- Part IV. The Constitution Fails (1791-1792)
- 7. War
- 8. The King's Trial
- Part V. The Terror (1793-1794)
- 9. The Pact with Violence
- 10. Robespierre's Red Summer
- Coda
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Index
