HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION VOLUME 12 — LOUIS BLANC

HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION — VOLUME 12

1794: The year of all miracles and all abysses.

In this crucial volume, Louis Blanc takes us to the heart of the Revolution's most dramatic and least-known hour. While on the frontiers, the Republic's fourteen armies accomplish the miracle of Fleurus and save the nation from the allied European powers, in Paris, the ground gives way beneath the feet of the giants.

The historian lifts the veil on the behind-the-scenes events of 9 Thermidor. Far from simplistic clichés, he explores the complexity of Robespierre's figure - the man who, at the height of his influence, desperately attempted to halt the machinery of the Terror before being crushed by it. Through his account of the machinations surrounding the Catherine Théot affair and the "Red Shirts," Louis Blanc exposes the mechanisms of a conspiracy in which the most ferocious terrorists made themselves apostles of a sham justice in order to bring down the "system of virtue."

From the cells of the Luxembourg to the gilded salons of the Thermidorian reaction, from the blood-soaked moors of the Vendée to the condemned prisoners' final stoic words, this volume offers a striking immersion in the brutal transition between the "Red Terror" and the beginnings of the "White Terror."

With his vibrant prose and documentary rigor, Louis Blanc delivers here a major work of historical rehabilitation, reminding us that in a revolution, truth is often the first victim of the victors.

An essential volume for understanding how the Republic, victorious abroad, lost its way at home.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS VOLUME

• The account of the miracle of Fleurus and the rescue of the Republic against the allied European powers
• An in-depth analysis of 9 Thermidor and Robespierre's downfall
• An exposé of the machinations surrounding the Catherine Théot affair and the "Red Shirts"
• A striking reflection on the transition between the "Red Terror" and the "White Terror"

COMPLETE COLLECTION

Volume 1 — Volume 2 — Volume 3 — Volume 4 — Volume 5 — Volume 6 — Volume 7 — Volume 8 — Volume 9 — Volume 10 — Volume 11
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