Today's installment concludes The Reign Of Terror,our selection from Popular History of France From the Earliest Times by François P. G. Guizot
Robespierre Shot
Times were changed. The mobile waves of public opinion no longer upheld the tyrants overthrown by the accomplices who had now become their
Terror’s Leaders Take to the Streets
It is not necessary to discuss in any particular detail of the tyrant's career; his whole life condemns him."Continuing The Reign Of Terror,our
Convention Showdown
A single shout echoed through the hall. "Down with the tyrant! Down with the tyrant!"Continuing The Reign Of Terror,our selection from Popular
Robespierre Challenges the Convention
He said, “There exists a conspiracy against public liberty; it owes its force to a criminal coalition which intrigues in the very bosom of the
Robespierre and Saint-Just Make Their Move
A dictatorship had, in fact, been spoken of, but it was Saint-Just, on returning from the army, who had uttered this terrible word, in a conference of
France’s Stock Market Collapses
Today's installment concludes John Law Promotes The Mississippi Bubble,our selection from The Mississippi Bubble - A Memoir of John Law by Louis
Government Declares Currency Price Freezes
Law did then what governments do so often, and always with ill-success: he resorted to forced measures.Continuing John Law Promotes The Mississippi
The Winners Sold Early and Got Out
They took advantage of the rage which led so many to sell their estates -- they purchased them, and thus obtained the real for the