Figures
The people who made the Revolution, and the ones it destroyed.
Figure Louis XVI The king who called a meeting and lost a monarchy Figure Marie Antoinette The queen France loved to hate Figure Georges Danton The orator who called for audacity, then for mercy Figure Louis, Dauphin of France The heir who never reigned, father of three kings Figure Napoleon Bonaparte The officer the Revolution made, and the ruler who ended it Figure Maximilien Robespierre The Incorruptible who defended the Terror and died by it Figure Louis XV The Well-Beloved who lost an empire and left his grandson the debts Figure Camille Desmoulins The journalist who called Paris to arms, then pleaded for clemency Figure Marquis de Lafayette The hero of two worlds who tried to hold the middle ground Figure Louis Antoine de Saint-Just The Convention's youngest deputy, who spoke for the Terror and died beside Robespierre Figure Comte de Mirabeau The Revolution's great orator, and the court's secret adviser Figure Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès The abbé whose pamphlet opened the Revolution and whose coup closed it
