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b'Colin Jones tells the story of Maximilien Robespierre\\u2019s fall from power \\u2013 a dramatic 24 hours that ended with the revolutionary titan facing the guillotine\\n\\xa0\\nMaximilien Robespierre awoke on the morning of 27 July 1794 as arguably the most powerful man in Paris \\u2013 the intellectual driving force behind the French Revolution. Twenty-four hours later he was languishing in a cell, condemned to die by the guillotine. Author Colin Jones tells the story of these fateful 24 hours in Robespierre\\u2019s life \\u2013 a day that would alter the trajectory of the French Revolution.\\n\\xa0\\n(Ad) Colin Jones is the author of\\xa0The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris\\xa0(Oxford University Press, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones:\\xa0https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-fall-of-robespierre%2Fcolin-jones%2F9780198715955\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'