Ruth Scurr (ed.) Carlyle’s The French Revolution (London and New York: Continuum, 2010) and Ruth Scurr, Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution (London: Vintage, 2006) The boy kneels in ...

While historical record includes a wealth of evidence that backs up negative attitudes towards the gathering masses, it is also chockful of individuals who were behaving badly too and yet they tend to ...

Revolutionary France in 1794 was a crucible, combining all the elements that would embody Western politics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. All eyes were on Paris. Depending on who was ...

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Biography: Robespierre is one of those radical political figures of history whose name typically conjures up images of Cromwell, Hitler and Mao fused together. If Maximilien Robespierre saw himself as ...

THERE are very few figures who polarise opinion quite like the French Revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to ...

In a game of word association French Revolution would rapidly be met with “guillotine”. Such is the event’s popular image, especially in Anglo-Saxon culture, where it remains characterised by guts and ...