A vivid and often gory history of the darker side of the French Revolution, looking at, among others, the burial of the corpse of Louis XVI and the agonizingly slow death of Robespierre.

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

"A brilliant and fascinating book. De Baecque's historical method is original and provocative. His insights into the French Revolution are startling and fresh. And when it comes to the ghoulish recesses of the revolutionary imagination, he is one of the best guides since that contemporary expert in the macabre subject, the Marquis de Sade." -- The New Republic"Rewarding strong-stomached readers with a riveting tale, Glory and Terror limns the era at a visceral level." -- The Chronicle of Higher Education