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I. THE REVOLUTION 1

II. THE YOUTH OF DANTON 40

III. DANTON AT THE CORDELIERS 57

IV. THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY 114

V. THE REPUBLIC 171

VI. THE TERROR 211

VII. THE DEATH OF DANTON 249

VIII. ROBESPIERRE 282

APPENDICES—

I. NOTE ON THE CORDELIERS 321

II. NOTE ON CERTAIN SITES MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK 327

III. NOTE ON THE SUPPOSED VENALITY OF DANTON 331

IV. NOTE ON DANTON’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MASSACRES OF
SEPTEMBER 340

V. SHORT MEMOIR BY A. R. C. DE ST. ALBIN 347

VI. EXTRACTS SHOWING REIMBURSEMENT OF DANTON’S OFFICE 365

VII. EXTRACTS CONCERNING DANTON’S HOUSEHOLD 373

VIII. CATALOGUE OF DANTON’S LIBRARY 380

IX. EXTRACTS FROM THE MEMOIR WRITTEN IN 1846 BY THE SONS OF
DANTON 384

X. NOTES OF TOPINO-LEBRUN, JUROR OF THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL 395

XI. REPORT OF THE FIRST COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY 403

INDEX 430

THE LIFE OF DANTON