Twelve Who Ruled
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: September 1, 1970
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780691007618
Subjects: France.; History: World; France; France - History - Revolution And Napoleonic Empire (1789-1815); Revolutionaries; History - General History; History; Europe - France; European History; History / France; Comitâe de salut public; Revolution, 1789-1799; Biography; Comite de salut public; Convention nationale; Convention nationale.
First sentence: ANYONE who had business with the government of the Reign of Terror directed his steps to the Tuileries, an old palace of the kings of France on the right bank of the Seine between the Louvre and the Tuileries Gardens, in which then as now children played and chestnut tress blossomed in April.