{"product_id":"9780198715955","title":"The Fall of Robespierre : 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Jones, Colin (Professor of History, Queen Mary University of London), \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 12\/08\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 592 pages, 4 maps,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Oxford University Press,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOxford University Press,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: France, European History\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780198715955\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. At 12.00 midnight, Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety which had for more than a year directed the Reign of Terror, was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced. By 12.00 midnight at the close of the day, following a day of uncertainty, surprises, upsets and reverses, his world had been turned upside down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was an outlaw, on the run, and himself wanted for conspiracy against the Republic. He felt that his whole life and his Revolutionary career were drawing to an end. As indeed they were.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe shot himself shortly afterwards. Half-dead, the guillotine finished him off in grisly fashion the next day. The Fall of Robespierre provides an hour-by-hour analysis of these 24 hours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41117579444377,"sku":"9780198715955","price":31.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780198715955.jpg?v=1631723473","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780198715955","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}