The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution

De: Timothy Tackett

Narrado por: Michael Page

Between 1793 and 1794, thousands of French citizens were imprisoned and hundreds sent to the guillotine by a powerful dictatorship that claimed to be acting in the public interest. Only a few years earlier, revolutionaries had proclaimed a new era of tolerance, equal justice, and human rights. How and why did the French Revolution's lofty ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity descend into violence and terror?

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smart, well documented and very interesting

The psychology and the causes of the descent into terror are very well presented.
Although I had been warned( by the title itself), I was a bit dissapointed that the events of year II (the apogee of terror)were almost not discussed, as the book mainly focuses on the events that preceded the terror( and how they created it), and not on the terror itself.

I have been lied to

Surrounding powers did not attack against the revolutionary government. it went the other way around.

Good introduction into the theme

Felt a bit shallow, as it covered a long period some issues were not sufficiently addressed. But good overall.

Interesting background into French attitudes

I don't claim to know much of French society and culture. But I have frequently been puzzled by some of their usual actions in history.
This lends some insight to their actions.

Great history writing

This is a very balanced and careful study of the French terror. It is thorough and easy to listen to. Happily, it is free of any intrusion of modern political debate.