The fall of Robespierre : 24 hours in revolutionary Paris / Colin Jones
2021, 1st edition, 2nd impression. Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #408683
Physical description; (xx, 571 pages) : illustrations, maps. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. 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). 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). 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). 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. 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. Subjects; Robespierre, Maximilien 1758-1794 Death and burial. Robespierre, Maximilien 1758-1794. 1700-1799. HISTORY / Europe / France. Death and burial of a person. Historical geography. Revolutionaries France ; Biography. France History Reign of Terror, 1793-1794. France History Revolution, 1789-1799. Paris (France) Historical geography. Paris (France) History 18th century.
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