Maximilien Robespierre

Portrait of Maximilien Robespierre

The Incorruptible · Committee of Public Safety · Revolutionary · 1758–1794

The Incorruptible — architect of the Terror and the most principled, feared man in revolutionary Paris.

Explore the life of Robespierre — five chapters

  1. The Orphan from Arras — A scholarship, a courtroom and a set of principles
  2. The Incorruptible — Building a reputation out of refusing things
  3. The King's Death and the Committee — How an emergency became a government
  4. The Terror — Virtue, fear, and the guillotine
  5. Thermidor — Twenty-four hours from accuser to accused

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