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The Making of a Terrorist - Alexandre Rousselin and the French Revolution (Hardcover)
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The Making of a Terrorist - Alexandre Rousselin and the French Revolution (Hardcover)
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Much has been written about the French Revolution and especially
its bloody phase known as the Reign of Terror. The actions of the
leaders who unleashed the massacres and public executions,
especially Maximilien Robespierre and Georges Danton, are well
known. They inspired many soldiers in the Revolutionary cause, who
did not survive, let alone thrive, in the post-Revolutionary world.
In this work of historical reconstruction, Jeff Horn recounts the
life of Alexandre Rousselin and narrates the history of the age of
the French Revolution from the perspective of an eyewitness. From a
young age, Rousselin worked for and with some of the era's most
important men and women, giving him access to the corridors of
power. Dedication to the ideals of the Revolution led him to accept
the need for a system of Terror to save the Republic in 1793-94.
Rousselin personally utilized violent methods to accomplish the
state's goals in Provins and Troyes. This terrorism marked his
life. It led to his denunciation by its victims. He spent the next
five decades trying to escape the consequences of his actions. His
emotional responses as well as the practical measures he took to
rehabilitate his reputation illuminate the hopes and fears of the
revolutionaries. Across the first four decades of the nineteenth
century, Rousselin acquired a noble title, the comte de
Saint-Albin, and emerged as a wealthy press baron of the liberal
newspaper Le Constitutionnel. But he could not escape his past. He
retired to write his own version of his legacy and to protect his
family from the consequences of his actions as a terrorist during
the French Revolution. Rousselin's life traces the complex twists
and turns of the Revolution and demonstrates how one man was able
to remake himself, from a revolutionary to a liberal, to
accommodate regime change.
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