As it changed forever the political landscape of the modern world, the French Revolution was driven by a new type of personality: the confirmed, self-aware revolutionary. Maximilien Robespierre originated the role and embodied its ideological essence and extremes; the self that he projected to the people was equated with the ideals for which he strove. In creating this intellectual biography of so enigmatic a figure, David Jordan has stressed the words of the man about himself. With great imagination and insight, Jordan places Robespierre's self-conceptualization within the context of events and explains how Robespierre "The Incorruptible"—a man seen by contemporaries as virtuous—could not only equate justice with vengeance and demand it of the people, but also stand as its symbol before the world.
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oranges and oratory,
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I came to this book knowing nothing, I walked away an erudite robespierriste. Jordan has written a clear, acessable history without being condescending. Although most of his interest is with Robespierre's politics and beliefs (plus an excellent chapter on his oratory), Jordan has a gift for including just enough personal information abou the Seagreen to make him seem at least somewhat human (for example: his obsessive love of oranges). I thoughroughly recomend it.
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Brilliant, comprehensive and well researched,
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One of the finest and most penetrating studies done on the French revolution as a whole and of Robespierre in particular. Too often readers only gleam their impressions of the period from Dickens and Thomas Carlyle. Then there are pseudo-historians like Stanley Loomis and Otto Scott, who instead of trying to interpret history simply make it up instead. It is so refreshing to read a thoughful, unprejudiced book rooted in facts. I can also highly recommend THE KING'S TRIAL by Jordan, one of the single best history books ever penned.
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With so much misinformation written about Robespierre, this scholarly volume is essentail for anyone who truly wishes to understand the most important figue of the French revolution. Highly recommended.
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AS ROBESPIERRE LAY on a table in the antechamber of the Committee of Public Safety, drifting in and out of consciousness, his ball-shattered jaw bound up with a bandage, his triumphant enemies, in another room of the Tuileries palace, were creating the monster who would soon pass into historical legend. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
revolutionary career, provincial lawyer, emergency government, war debates, revolutionary self, urban insurrection, revolutionary government Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Committee of Public Safety, French Revolution, National Assembly, Supreme Being, Champ de Mars, Constituent Assembly, Third Estate, Marie Antoinette, September Massacres, Fall of the Bastille, Green Room, Jacobin Club, General Dumouriez, Revolutionary Tribunal, Augustin Robespierre, Jacobin Society, National Guard, Saint Just, Marquis de Mandat, National Convention, Notre Dame New!
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AS ROBESPIERRE LAY on a table in the antechamber of the Committee of Public Safety, drifting in and out of consciousness, his ball-shattered jaw bound up with a bandage, his triumphant enemies, in another room of the Tuileries palace, were creating the monster who would soon pass into historical legend. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
revolutionary career, provincial lawyer, emergency government, war debates, revolutionary self, urban insurrection, revolutionary government Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Committee of Public Safety, French Revolution, National Assembly, Supreme Being, Champ de Mars, Constituent Assembly, Third Estate, Marie Antoinette, September Massacres, Fall of the Bastille, Green Room, Jacobin Club, General Dumouriez, Revolutionary Tribunal, Augustin Robespierre, Jacobin Society, National Guard, Saint Just, Marquis de Mandat, National Convention, Notre Dame New!
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- Freedom's Moment: An Essay on the French Idea of Liberty from Rousseau to Foucault by Paul M. Cohen on page 25, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Earthly Powers: The Clash of Religion and Politics in Europe, from the French Revolution to the Great War by Michael Burleigh in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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