[ SECRET POST #2308 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2308 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What was the last non-fiction book you read that impacted you the most, F!S?

[(Anonymous)]

I feel that, having sent so many other people to the guillotine, Robespierre certainly earned his own trip there. That being said, I may check out that book, since I have a pretty negative take on the man and I'm always interested in an alternate viewpoint. So, thanks nonny!

Re: What was the last non-fiction book you read that impacted you the most, F!S?

[(Anonymous)]

Oh I don't deny that Robespierre did many, many morally questionable (at best) things, though I do think there is a tendency to blame the whole Reign of Terror solely on him. I also think there is a romanticism of the French aristocracy coming into play in many of the portrayals of the Republican figures of the French Revolution- it is much easier to sympathize with named individuals with known history who were executed in a quick and bloody fashion then the hundreds of thousands of lower class who starved and died of other causes because of the feudal system. The Reign of Terror itself did not kill a fraction of the people the systematic oppression did.

That being said, the Republican government did fall to political infighting and squabbling and sending their rivals to the guillotine, of which Robespierre is at least partially guilty (I've only read a complete account of the reasons behind the execution of Danton and Desmoulins from one side so I'm a bit unclear how pivotal he was in that decision) and I don't think his actions can be excused. However I do consider him an interesting and multifaceted character in history, and I think the interpretations of him as solely bad are misconstrued.

That being said, the book made me cry because the author captured the dread of watching your friend go to his death without being able to do anything about it. Which is the fate that a lot of the aristocrats suffered as well, which is horrible.

Sorry I have been reading a lot about this lately!