Bibliograph

Fatal purity, Robespierre and the French Revolution, Ruth Scurr

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Fatal purity, Robespierre and the French Revolution, Ruth Scurr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-391) and index

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individual biography

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fatal purity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

62322566

Responsibility statement

Ruth Scurr

Sub title

Robespierre and the French Revolution

Table Of Contents

I: Before the revolution (1758-1788) -- Child of Arras -- The lawyer-poet back home -- II: The revolution begins (1788-1789) -- Standing for election in Arras -- Representing the nation at Versailles -- III: Reconstituting France (1789-1791) -- The national assembly in Paris -- The Constitution -- IV: The Constitution fails (1791-1792) -- War -- The king's trial -- V: The terror (1793-1794) -- The pact with violence -- Robespierre's red summer

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