A Brief Biography of Maximilien Robespierre and His Influence on the Novel "A Tale of Two Cities"

Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre, the 'Incorruptible,' was a lawyer and political leader in France during the time of the Reign of Terror from 1793-1794 in the French Revolution. As a member of the Committee of Public Safety for the duration of the National Convention, his goal was to achieve a Republic of Virtue based on ideas of the Enlightenment, in which all French citizens would have high moral standards and be dedicated patriots to the Revolutionary Republic. Those who did not accept his ideas, or whom he suspected of as being enemies, he sent to the guillotine to b…