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Danton and Robespierre are two giants of the French Revolution. Their names alone evoke the Terror. Both lawyers, patriots and republicans, they gave themselves body and soul to the revolutionary cause. Comrades in the struggle, then adversaries, their journey and their actions bear witness to two ideas of the revolution, two conceptions of politics that cannot be understood without studying their youth, their character and even their physique. A bit like Plutarch and his Parallel Lives, which compares the itineraries of illustrious men, Loris Chavanette speaks of Danton in the light of Robespierre and Robespierre in that of Danton. But, unlike Plutarch's heroes who only crossed paths in the writings of the Greek biographer, the two revolutionaries knew each other, appreciated each other, then betrayed each other. Mari-Gwenn Carichon receives Loris Chavanette. The author: Loris Chavanette is a specialist in the French Revolution and the Empire. His thesis, published under the title Repenser le pouvoir après la Terreur (1794-1797) received the prize of the National Assembly. Danton and Robespierre, the shock of the Revolution was published by Passés/Composés (480 pages, €25).