(05/30/2008) Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the Terror In The French Revolution by R. R. Palmer. Princeton. 1958. Princeton University Press. keywords: History France French Revolution. 417 pages.
FROM THE PUBLISHER -
In its fifth year, the French Revolution faced a multifaceted crisis that threatened to overwhelm the Republic. In response the government instituted a revolutionary dictatorship and a 'reign of terror,' with a Committee of Public Safety at its head. R. R. Palmer's fascinating narrative follows the Committee's deputies individually and collectively, recounting and assessing their tumultuous struggles in Paris and their repressive missions in the provinces.
R. R. Palmer was Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and a guest scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study.
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