The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Paris During the French Revolution

Having processed thousands of sources – from police reports to theatrical posters – British historian Colin Jones presents a chronicle of July 27, 1794, “the Ninth of Thermidor”: a turning point and, apparently, the craziest day in the history of the French Revolution, when Maximilien Robespierre was deposed.
An engaging, superbly constructed, exceptionally informative, and finally, brilliantly written book, this is a true “time machine”: a dizzyingly dynamic series of scenes unfolds in different parts of Paris, forming a lively report. The blade of the guillotine severs heads one after another, the clock hand races, conspiracies arise and collapse, hundreds of characters perform heroic and farcical deeds and are forced to improvise – and no one knows who is destined to survive.
Upon closing the final page of the book, you will have a much better understanding of what the French Revolution was, what Robespierre's true role was, and how the mechanism of political metamorphoses that changed the world forever operated.