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1 online resource (xx, 571 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover -- The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Prefatory Note and Abbreviations -- List of Figures and Maps -- Introduction -- Prelude -- Part I -- Part II -- Part III -- Part IV -- Part V -- Afterword -- Introduction: The Fall of Robespierre Up Close -- Prelude: Around Midnight -- Rousseville's lodgings, Rue Saint-Honoré (Tuileries) -- Vernet's wanderings: from the Place du Trône-Renversé (Montreuil/Quinze-Vingts) to the Rue de Birague (Arsenal) -- La Force Prison (Droits-de-l'Homme) |
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Legracieux's lodgings, Rue Denfert (Chalier) -- Home of Guittard de Floriban, Rue des Canettes (Mutius-Scévole) -- Part I: Elements of Conspiracy (Midnight to 5.00 a.m.) -- 00.00/Midnight: Robespierre's lodgings, 366 Rue Saint-Honoré (Piques) -- 01.00/1.00 a.m.: CPS Committee Room, Tuileries palace (Tuileries) -- 02.00/2.00 a.m.: CPS offices, Tuileries palace -- 2.30 a.m.: CPS Committee Room, Tuileries palace -- 2.00 a.m.-3.00 a.m.: Tallien's quest: the streets of Paris -- 03.00/3.00 a.m.: Across the city -- 3.00 a.m.: Conciergerie prison, Palais de Justice, Ile de la Cité (Révolutionnaire) |
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3.00 a.m.: Bénédictins-Anglais prison, Rue Saint-Jacques (Observatoire) -- 04.00/4.00 a.m.: Various locations, CPS offices, Tuileries palace -- 4.00 a.m.: The same, somewhat removed -- Approaching 5.00 a.m.: The same, somewhat removed -- Part II: Settings for a Drama (5.00 a.m. to Midday) -- 05.00/5.00 a.m.: Streets leading to Les Halles (Marchés) -- 06.00/6.00 a.m.: Robespierre's lodgings, 366 Rue Saint-Honoré -- 07.00/7.00 a.m.: Municipal offices, Maison Commune (Maison-Commune) -- 7.00 a.m.: Place du Panthéon (Panthéon) -- 7.00 a.m.: Jacques-Louis Ménétra's section (Bon-Conseil) |
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08.00/8.00 a.m.: École de Mars, Plaine des Sablons, Neuilly -- 8.00 a.m.: The streets of the city -- 09.00/9.00 a.m.: Offices of the municipal Police Administration, Mairie, Ile de la Cité (Révolutionnaire) -- 9.45 a.m.: Giot's itinerary: Rue de Hautefeuille (Marat), Panthéon (Panthéon), Temple prison (Temple) -- 10.00/10.00 a.m.: Revolutionary Tribunal, Palais de Justice, Ile de la Cité (Révolutionnaire) -- 10.00 a.m.: Thibaudeau's route: from Rue Hautefeuille (Marat) to the Tuileries palace -- 10.45 a.m.: Robespierre's lodgings, 366 Rue Saint-Honoré |
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11.00/11.00 a.m.: Tuileries palace and gardens -- 11.30 a.m.: Vestibule to the Convention hall and Tuileries palace environs -- 11.45 a.m.: Convention hall, Tuileries palace -- 11.59 a.m.: CPS Committee Room, Tuileries palace -- Part III: A Parliamentary Coup (Midday to 5.00 p.m.) -- 12.00/12.00 Midday: Convention hall, Tuileries palace -- 13.00/1.00 p.m.: Convention hall, Tuileries palace -- 1.30 p.m.: Tuileries gardens -- 1.45 p.m.: Public galleries, Convention hall, Tuileries palace -- 1.45 p.m.: Across the city -- 14.00/2.00 p.m.: Salle de l'Égalité, Maison Commune |
| Summary |
The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety, was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
2.00 p.m.: Revolutionary Tribunal, Palais de Justice,Ile de la Cité |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed February 22, 2022) |
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Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794 -- Death and burial
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Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794 fast |
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HISTORY / Europe / France.
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Death and burial of a person
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Historical geography
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France -- History -- Reign of Terror, 1793-1794.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051370
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
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Paris (France) -- Historical geography
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Paris (France) -- History -- 18th century
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France -- Paris
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France
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191025044 |
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0191025046 |
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9780191025037 |
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0191025038 |
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