Fatal Purity
Robespierre and the French Revolution
by Ruth Scurr
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appears in French Revolution, History, and Nonfiction.
?Judicious, balanced, and admirably clear at every point. This is quite the calmest and least abusive history of the Revolution you will ever read.??Hilary Mantel, London Review of Books Since his execution by guillotine in July 1794, Maximilien Robespierre has been contested terrain for historians. Was he a bloodthirsty charlatan or the only true ...
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appears in French Revolution, History, and Nonfiction.
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