This brief and compelling book confronts all the major issues posed by the Terror of the French Revolution and lays to rest the myths and distortions created at the time and propagated ever since. It will be a continuing point of reference for anyone interested in these epochal events and their continuing resonance. Lynn Hunt, University of California, Los Angeles
This is historical scholarship at its finest. Two of our leading historians of the Revolution dissect its most contentious, confronting period with lucidity, conceptual skill and cutting-edge knowledge. The result is a wise and illuminating rethinking of the Terror. Peter McPhee, The University of Melbourne
Some books crystallize an historiographical moment. Michel Biard and Marisa Lintons condensed, indeed clarified, English translation of Terreur: La Révolution française face à ses demons does exactly that. They have synthesized recent research, both in French and English, and added their own very considerable expertise. This book is now the starting point in debates about the Terror/terror. French History The authors stress the overwhelming impact of emotions, some positive, some like fear, desperately negative. This account, impressively clear, concise and scholarly, provides a very convincing account which will serve the needs of university students and provoke the interest of general readers. It is the work of two leading experts in France and Britain, endorsed by an American expert of world renown. Modern & Contemporary France
"[ A] worthy text that very helpfully condenses several major historiographical and ideological debates around the French revolutionary Terror into a readable discussion." Journal of Modern History
