Originally published in “Encyclopedia Britannica” in 1911, this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 20 pages, describes the life and career of Robespierre, leader of the Jacobins in the French Revolution, who was ultimately beheaded by the guillotine.
Includes supplemental material:
•About Robespierre, in Brief
•About the French Revolution, in Brief
Sample passage:
Robespierre felt that he must strike his blow now or never. Yet he was not sufficiently audacious to strike at once, as Payan and Jean Baptiste Coffinhal, the ablest of his adherents, would have had him do, but retired from the Convention for some weeks, as he had done before the overthrow of the Hébertists and the Dantonists, to prepare his plan of action. This retirement seemed ominous to the majority of the Committee, and they too prepared for the struggle by communicating with the deputies of the Mountain, who were either friends of Danton or men of proven energy like Barras, Fréron and Tallien.
Includes supplemental material:
•About Robespierre, in Brief
•About the French Revolution, in Brief
Sample passage:
Robespierre felt that he must strike his blow now or never. Yet he was not sufficiently audacious to strike at once, as Payan and Jean Baptiste Coffinhal, the ablest of his adherents, would have had him do, but retired from the Convention for some weeks, as he had done before the overthrow of the Hébertists and the Dantonists, to prepare his plan of action. This retirement seemed ominous to the majority of the Committee, and they too prepared for the struggle by communicating with the deputies of the Mountain, who were either friends of Danton or men of proven energy like Barras, Fréron and Tallien.
