Peter McPhee is a professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne. He lives in Abbottsford, Australia.
"Peter McPhee seeks to get under the skin and into the mind of
Robespierre, juxtaposing personal and political factors in a
gripping narrative. Robespierre emerges less as the man who ruined
the Revolution than as a man the Revolution ruined—by the time
of his death in 1794 he was an ailing exhausted husk very
different from the bright-eyed, committed and courageous politician
of 1789. McPhee's interpretation will surprise and intrigue in
equal measure."—Colin Jones
*Colin Jones*
‘A wonderful, convincing study, splendidly analytical and
evocative, and beautifully penned.’ - John Merriman, author of A
History of Modern Europe and Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in
Fin-de-siècle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror
*John Merriman*
‘This book is a triumph: an important, open-minded and often moving
account of Robespierre, that will stand as a very worthy successor
to the previous great biographies. Peter McPhee’s lifetime of
research on the French Revolution draws out the context within
which Robespierre’s words and actions can be better understood, and
his insights into Robespierre’s youth, and the way he changed,
displays a real understanding of Robespierre’s psychology. A great
and lasting achievement.’ - Marisa Linton, author of The Politics
of Virtue in Enlightenment France
*Marisa Linton*
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