Devoured by his own creation; Danton and the French revolution.(Danton: The Gentle Giant of Terror)(Book review) The Economist (US) | July 18, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

A revolutionary who tried to believe in moderate-minded terrorism

A SUCCESSFUL 27-year-old barrister in King Louis XVI's Paris council in 1787, Georges-Jacques Danton possessed a loving wife and a good income, plus a doting mother in Arcis-sur-Aube, his native home in north-eastern France. His contentment would be short-lived. France was bankrupt, and its monarchy an affront to the Enlightenment. By 1789 revolution was in the air and bourgeois gentlemen such as Maitre d'Anton (as he called himself at the time) needed to take sides. Imbued with liberal and classical ...

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