Glory and Terror
Subtitle: Seven Deaths Under the French Revolution
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 22, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780415926171
First sentence: On Wednesday, March 30, 1791, the Rue de la Chaussee-d'Antin is invaded by a restless crowd, "a prodigious and continual concourse of citizens of all ranks and all parties," reports a privileged witness, Cabanis, Mirabeau's doctor.