THE GIANT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Danton, a face to strike fear
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The Danton family home, Arcis-sur-Aube
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THE CORDELIERS
Camille Desmoulins, the romantic, with Lucile and son Horace
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Philippe Fabre dEglantine, the playwright
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Louis Legendre, the butcher, without his apron
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WOMEN OF INFLUENCE
Gabrielle Charpentier, the first Madame Danton
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Louise Gly, the second Madame Danton, with Dantons son Antoine
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Manon Roland, the nemesis
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MENTORS
Comte de Mirabeau, voice of revolt
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Duc dOrlans, alias Philippe Egalite, patron of revolt
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TROUBLESOME SOLDIERS
Marquis de LaFayette, Dantons bte noire
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General Dumouriez, the cross Danton had to bear
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THE GIRONDINS
Jean-Marie Roland, their organiser
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Jacques-Pierre Brissot, their champion
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Franois Buzot, Madame Rolands lover
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Anti-Girondin forces at ease Dantons people, the sans culottes
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DANGEROUS ALLIES
Maximilien Robespierre, the purist
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Antoine de Saint-Just, the purists apprentice
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Jean-Paul Marat, hungerer for heads
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Jacques-Rn Hbert, hellraiser
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The Committee of Public Safety the green room in lethal debate
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Mad Tom Paine, an English friend of the Revolution
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Prime Minister William Pitt, a stern English foe
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The execution of Louis XVI at the Place de la Rvolution, 21 January 1793
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Danton, hands tied, on the way to the guillotine, 5 April 1794
By the same author
Napoleons Master: A Life of Prince Talleyrand
THE GIANT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Danton, A Life
DAVID LAWDAY
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Copyright 2009 by David Lawday
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First published in 2009 in Great Briatin by Jonathan Cape
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Published simultaneously in Canada
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To Andrew and Amy
CONTENTS
IMAGES
Georges Jacques Danton (1759-94), Chteaux de Versailles RMN
Dantons home
Portrait de Camille Desmoulins (1762-94), David Jacques Louis (1748-1825), Chteaux de Versailles RMN/Droits rservs
Philippe-Franois-Nazaire Fabre dEglantine (1750-94) Chteaux de Versailles, France/The Bridgeman Art Library
Adrien Marie Legendre, from Histoire de la Revolution Franaise by Louis Blanc (1811-82) Private Collection/Kevin Welsh/The Bridgeman Art Library
Antoinette Gabrielle Charpentier (d. 1793) by David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825) Church of St. Madeleine, Troyes, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library
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