The revolutionary career of Maximilien Robespierre / David P. Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, David P., 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.

Robespierre, Maximilien.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

France.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 308 pages : portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Free Press, [1985]

Summary:

As it changed forever the political landscape of the modern world, the French Revolution was driven by a new type of personality: the confirmed, self-aware revolutionary. Maximilien Robespierre originated the role and embodied its ideological essence and extremes; the self that he projected to the people was equated with the ideals for which he strove. In creating this intellectual biography of so enigmatic a figure, David Jordan has stressed the words of the man about himself. With great imagination and insight, Jordan places Robespierre's self-conceptualization within the context of events and explains how Robespierre "The Incorruptible"--a man seen by contemporaries as virtuous--could not only equate justice with vengeance and demand it of the people, but also stand as its symbol before the world.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 299-304.

ISBN:

002916530X

OCLC:

11677711