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The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. 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 foreword by Isser Woloch explains why this book remains an enduring classic in French revolutionary studies.
List of Illustrations vi
Foreword to the Princeton Classic Edition vii
Preface to the Bicentennial Edition xvii
1 Twelve Terrorists to Be 3
2 The Fifth Summer of the Revolution 22
3 Organizing the Terror 44
4 The Beginning of Victory 78
5 The "Foreign Plot" and 14 Frimaire 108
6 Republic in Miniature 130
7 Doom at Lyons 153
8 The Missions to Alsace 177
9 The Missions to Brittany 202
10 Dictated Economy 225
11 Finding the Narrow Way 254
12 Ventose 280
13 The Culmination 305
14 The Rush Upon Europe 335
15 The Fall 361
Epilogue 388
Bibliographical Essay 397
Index 405
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The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. 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 foreword by Isser Woloch explains why this book remains an enduring classic in French revolutionary studies.
