The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine, France, 1792-1794.(Book review)

The Historian | March 22, 2008| | Copyright

The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine, France, 1792-1794. By Graeme Fife. (New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 2006. Pp. 417. $30.00.)

Although the author does not provide a specific thesis statement in introducing his book, it is nonetheless altogether clear that he accepts neither the Terror nor one of its major leaders, Maximilien Robespierre. It is obvious, at least to this reviewer, that he understands neither. The revolution was faced, simultaneously, with two desperate crises and, in order to survive, it had to resort to draconian measures. Graeme Fife ...

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