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Palmer, R. R. (Robert Roswell), 1909–2002

Twelve who ruled : the year of the Terror in the French Revolution / by R.R. Palmer ; with a new foreword by Isser Woloch.

p.    cm. — (Princeton classic editions)

Originally published with the subtitle: The Committee of Public Safety during the Terror. Princeton university press, 1941.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12187-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-691-12187-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. France—History—Reign of Terror, 1793–1794.    2. France. Convention nationale. Comitâ de salut public.    3. Revolutionaries—France—Biography.

I. Title.    II. Series.

DC177.P33 2005

944.04'0922—dc22 2005045401

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