Some years ago, in Paris, my son and I read Christopher Hibbert’s history of the French Revolution. When we were done, we talked about how the book had inadvertently convinced us that ...

In this debate, McPhee's softly stated preference is to see the revolution -- and, by extension, Robespierre -- as an enduring model for all those who yearn for civic republicanism. To this effect, ...

ROBESPIERRE, one of the great typical ... Such men may be greater than their phrases or their vain acts display them. I know that he passed through a furnace of which our paltry time can re ...

In Revolutionary France, Maximilien Robespierre emerged as a passionate advocate for the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. But despite his initial commitment to justice, overreach made ...

In “What Were Robespierre’s Pronouns?” (Declarations, July 27), Peggy Noonan draws an astute analogy between the radical purists of the French Revolution and our increasingly strident left ...

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (IPA: ; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) is one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He largely dominated the ...