“The idea of a specifically Robespierrist terror was a myth, invented by the Termidoreans, the men who overthrew Robespierre, who themselves were very much implicated in the recourse to terror.” — Marisa Linton Copy Share Image
“The Jacobin leaders were beset on many sides by enemies, both open and covert. But in the end the most dangerous and unforgiving enemies… — Marisa Linton Copy Share Image
“The idea of a specifically Robespierrist terror was a myth, invented by the Termidoreans, the men who overthrew Robespierre, who themselves were very much… — Marisa Linton Copy Share Image
“In the sense of worldly advantage, it no longer signified whether people thought of him as having been an authentic man of virtue. There… — Marisa Linton Copy Share Image
