Robespierre / Edition 1

by John Hardman

Overview

Robespierre was one of the most powerful and the most feared leaders of the French Revolution. John Hardman describes the career of this ruthless political manipulator, and in the process explores the dynamics of the French revolutionary movement and the ferocious and self-destructive rivalries of its leadership.This original book gets behind the polished but chilly surface of the public persona to reveal how Robespierre came by his extraordinary power and how he used it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582437555
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/17/2000
Series:	Profiles In Power
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Hardman formerely of the University of Edinburgh has written Louis XVI (Yale 1993) and French Politics (Longman 1995).

Table of Contents

Figure and Maps.

Preface.

I: OPPOSITION.

1. The First Thirty Years.

2. Robespierre in the Constituent Assembly.

3. Out of Parliament, September 1791-September 1792.

4. The Nature of Power: The Institutions of the First Republic, 1792-1794.

5. Unfinished Business, 20 September 1792-2 June 1793.

II: GOVERNMENT.

6. From Robespierre's Entry to the CSP to the Death of Danton, July 1793-April 1794.

7. The Formation of Robespierre's Faction, July 1793-April 1794.

8. The Daily Exercise of Power I: Robespierre and Payan.

9. The Daily Exercise of Power II: Robespierre, Herman and the Police Bureau.

10. Resistance, 22 Prairial/10 June-7Thermidor/25 July.

11. The Fall of Robespierre.

Epilogue.

Robespierre's Legacy.

Bibliography.

Chronology.

Maps.

Editorial Reviews

'Its judgments are characteristically balanced and dispassionate and...entirely convincing.' English Historical Review

'Its judgments are characteristically balanced and dispassionate and...entirely convincing.' English Historical Review

From the Publisher

Paperbound reprint of a 1999 study in which Hardman (former lecturer in history, U. of Edinburgh) describes the career of the ruthless political manipulator Robespierre, and in the process explores the dynamics of the French revolutionary movement and the ferocious and self- destructive rivalries of its leadership. Getting behind the polished but chilly surface of the public persona, he reveals how Robespierre came by his extraordinary power and how he used it. He also examines the constituents of his faction, looks at the daily exercise of Robespierre and Payan and others, and discusses the triggers of his downfall in 1794, a mere year after he took power. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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