Showing Twelve Who Ruled : The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution by R. R. Palmer
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Twelve Who Ruled In its fifth year (1793-1794), the French Revolution faced a multifaceted crisis that threatened to overwhelm the Republic. In response the government instituted a revolutionary dictatorship and a 'reign of terror', with a Committee of Public Safety at its head. This book follows the Committee's deputies individually and collectively. Full description