Scurr, Ruth. <br/><br/>
Fatal Purity  Robespierre and the French Revolution 

 - New York  Metropolitan Books  2006 
 - xvii, 408 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-391) and index. 
<br/><br/> Since his execution by guillotine in July 1794, Maximilien Robespierre has been contested terrain for historians. Was he a bloodthirsty charlatan or the only true defender of revolutionary ideals? The first modern dictator or the earliest democrat? Was his extreme moralism a heroic virtue or a ruinous flaw? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780099458982 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>944.040SCU