The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety, was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author(s): Colin (Emeritus Professor of Cultural History, Emeritus Professor of Cultural History, Queen Mary University of London) Jones