Napoleon would eventually declare himself "Emperor of the French." John Adams had feared just such a chaotic end: A revolution of this sort, he had argued, would lead not to democracy but despotism.

The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until the end of the 18th century. It was brought on by the public’s general ...

By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski THE Martyrs of Compiègne, a group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign ...