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M d robespierre biography

          Recounts the life of Maximilien Robespierre, including his childhood, his participation in the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, and his execution....

          A humanitarian who sought to create the utopia described by his hero Rousseau in 18th Century France.

        1. A humanitarian who sought to create the utopia described by his hero Rousseau in 18th Century France.
        2. Maximilien Robespierre originated the role, inspiring such devoted twentieth-century disciples as Lenin—who deemed Robespierre a Bolshevik avant la lettre.
        3. Recounts the life of Maximilien Robespierre, including his childhood, his participation in the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, and his execution.
        4. Maximilien de Robespierre was a French lawyer and influential figure during the French Revolution.
        5. The wicked ways of some of the most ruthless rulers to walk the earth are revealed in these thrilling biographies about men and women so monstrous.

          6. Maximilien de Robespierre

          (1758-1794)

          Who Was Maximilien de Robespierre?

          Maximilien de Robespierre was a radical Jacobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution.

          In the latter months of 1793, he came to dominate the Committee of Public Safety, the principal organ of the Revolutionary government during the Reign of Terror, but in 1794 he was overthrown and guillotined.

          Early Life

          Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre was born in Arras, France, on May 6, 1758, the oldest of four children.

          His mother died when he was 6 years old, and his father left the family soon after. The children were raised by their maternal grandparents.

          Pages: ill., maps ; 19 cm.

          Young Maximilien was educated in Paris, graduating from the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and earning a law degree in 1781. He practiced law in Arras, which provided him with a comfortable income.

          Entering Public Service

          Robespierre soon took on a public role, calling for political change in the French monarchy.

          He became a devotee o