Robespierre and the Reign of Terror
Maximilien de Robespierre, a key figure in the French Revolution, helped to upend the monarchy. But while his 'Reign of Terror' reinvigorated the Revolution, it ended in as bloody a fashion as it began.
Maximilien de Robespierre, a key figure in the French Revolution, helped to upend the monarchy. But while his 'Reign of Terror' reinvigorated the Revolution, it ended in as bloody a fashion as it began.
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