ISBN: 1154260976

[EAN: 9781154260977], Neubuch, [PU: General Books], GUIZOT,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 168 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.4in.This historic book may have … More...

[EAN: 9781154260977], Neubuch, [PU: General Books], GUIZOT,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 168 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.4in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: . . . in the provinces; he approved the proposition, but perceived the danger. A few more chastisements, said he to Levasseur, and we. will make clemency the order of the day. Much later, Levasseur himself wrote, That abominable law of the 22 Prairial caused torrents of blood to flow. Robespierre insisted, and the decree was voted. It is a hideous spectacle to contemplate the enthusiasm of crime, and see men madly intoxicating themselves with their own atrocities. The revolutionary tribunal was in operation from March, 1793; the registry of condemnations had reached the number of 577. From 22 Prairial to 9 Thermidor (June 10th to July 27th. 1794), 2285 unfortunates perished on the scaffold. Fouquier-Tinville comprehended the thought of Robespierre. For the dock he had substituted benches, upon which he huddled together at one time the crowd of the accused. One day he erected the guillotine in the very hall of the tribunal. as moutom. The Public Accuser, like the judges and the jailers, was often ignorant of the names of the human flock crowded in the dungeons. Death recalled them to recollection. In the evening, under the windows of each prison, the list of the victims of the day was shouted out. These are they who have gained prizes in the lottery of Saint Guillotine. The unfortunates who crowded to the windows thus learned the tidings of the execution of those they loved. The horrors of the unforeseen and unknown were iidded to the agonies of death and separation. Under the windows of the Conciergerie the names of the Marechalo de Noailles, the Duchesse dAyen and the Vicomtesse de Noailles, who died together on the scaffold, were proclaimed. Amongst the prisoners was Madame La Fayette, herself awaiting death; happily she did not recognize in the coar. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 1154260976

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2012, ISBN: 9781154260977

General Books, Taschenbuch, Publiziert: 2012-02-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.69 kg, Kategorien, Bücher, General Books, 2012