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Guest: Colin Jones, Emeritus Professor at Queen Mary University (London) The book: The Fall of Robespierre. 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris, Paris, Fayard, 2023, translated from English by Christophe Jaquet. Discussion: • Introduction • Why revisit 9 Thermidor? (1:30) • Preparations for the night before Robespierre's fall (7:30) • An ordinary day for Parisians… (16:00) • …until Robespierre's indictment, silenced at the Convention (22:40) • Who wielded power in Paris on 9 Thermidor? (27:40) • Robespierre freed, Robespierre frightened, Robespierre committed suicide? (38:30) • Interpretations of Thermidor (45:00)