The Terror Time Spies
“Not that the Revolutionary leaders, nor their Committees of Safety and Security - internal and external affairs – thought that the brilliant Guillotine should not be used just as savagely as ever. The thing is that they were turning their sights on far bigger fish now, compared to some sixteen year old émigré aristo, especially a minor one. A stay of execution came just a day later then, which made the Pimpernel Club nearly shout with joy, as Justine read it out at that gloomy dining table.... Both circumstance and luck had given the Pimpernel Club a vital breathing space. The famous slaying of the head of the Committee of Public Security by Charlotte Corday though was such a heinous crime, that the murder of Dr Marat - Swiss born philosopher, scientist and revolutionary, as Francis noted in his reliable history - was a godsend to the Jacobins, taking violent control of France.
It was the perfect excuse to cut off thousands of terrified heads, spurred on by Dr Marat’s own words about execution, three years before: “Five or six hundred would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness, but a false humanity has held your arms and suspended your blows; because of this, millions of your brothers will lose their lives.”MoreLess
It was the perfect excuse to cut off thousands of terrified heads, spurred on by Dr Marat’s own words about execution, three years before: “Five or six hundred would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness, but a false humanity has held your arms and suspended your blows; because of this, millions of your brothers will lose their lives.”MoreLess
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