Twelve Who Ruled
The Year of the Terror In the French Revolution
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Publisher Description
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. R. R. Palmer's fascinating narrative follows the Committee's deputies individually and collectively, recounting and assessing their tumultuous struggles in Paris and their repressive missions in the provinces. A new foreword by Isser Woloch explains why this book has been, and deserves to remain, an enduring classic in French revolutionary studies.
Customer Reviews
Powerful reading!
My professor recommended that I read this for a reading assignment and presentable report on it, who just happens to be a graduate of the college of William and Mary. No matter how hard I have tried, I have never been able to intellectually get ahead of this guy, so I did take it upon myself to read one of the books that he suggested that I read, which turned out to be this one. Twelve Who Ruled, is essentially an accurate portrayal it depiction of the Committee of Public Safety, chaired by the French Jacobite Maximillion Robespierre. It also talks about the consequential events leading into the French Revolution, the Reign of Terror, and the thousands upon thousands of executions that would ensue in the upcoming months and years during that time. The reading is heavily straddled in heavy, heavy layers of facts. It feels like this guy took at least twelve years to write it. The reading also gets to be quite graphic in certain places. If you're looking for Yale University level reading, an empirical, objective, and intellectual challenge, I would highly recommend this book.
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