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The making of a terrorist : Alexandre Rousselin and the French Revolution /

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Alexandre Rousselin's biography explores how the French Revolution inspired an educated Parisian to become a terrorist and then spent the next 45 years dealing with the consequences of his choices. Rousselin became the confidential secretary of Camille Desmoulins and Georges-Jacques Danton befo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horn, Jeff (Historian) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Saint-Albin, A. R. C. de > (Alexandre Rousselin de Corbeau), > 1773-1847.
France > History > Reign of Terror, 1793-1794 > Psychological aspects.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Biography.
France > History > 1789-1815.
Revolutionaries > France > Biography.
Nobility > France > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A Romantic Remembers the French Revolution
  • Education for Change, 1773-92
  • The Making of a Terrorist, 1792-94
  • The Consequences of Terror, 1794-96
  • Rehabilitation: Political, Literary, and Social (1795-1815)
  • Liberalism and the Press (1816-38)
  • Remembering and Forgetting the French Revolution: Memories and Memoirs
  • Conclusion: Satisfactions and Regrets of a Life in Revolution
  • Appendix: Alexandre Rousselin and the Historians.