The French Revolution: Was Terror a Political Necessity?
From Notes on the Revolution.
The French Revolution: Was It Social or Political?
From Notes on the Revolution.
Hope
The first five seconds.
Manette Bonhourt: A Killer for Our Time
The true story of a little know woman serial murderer.
Sophie Scholl: Guillotined by the Nazis
From: More Prisoners of Eternity.
Courage is difficult to define, some have physical courage, others moral and emotional. To speak out when everyone you know, everything around you, and everything you witness seems opposed to you, takes a special kind of courage. Sophie Scholl had that courage, and it was to cost her her life.
Ravachol: Vengeance and Retribution
From Rebels and Outlaws: More Prisoners of Eternity.
Ravachol, was an Anarchist who gave his life in the struggle against law without justice, and the fight for wealth without poverty.
Maximilien Robespierre: A Virtuous Man
From Visionaries and Revolutionaries: More Prisoners of Eternity.
A revolutionary fanatic, vain and egomaniacal, a cold-blooded pedant and killer. The man who used Terror as an instrument of policy. Rarely has a man been more misunderstood in history than Maximilien Robespierre.
Jean-paul Marat: Terror and Death for The Sake of Death?
From Hero or Villain: More Prisoners of Eternity.
French Revolution
In August in 1792, when Louis XVI, the last king of France, tasted the blade of the Guillotine, the radical phase of the French revolution began.
Capital Punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the execution of someone as a punishment for a crime. Crimes that can result in capital punishment are called capital crimes or capital offenses.
