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Translations of books and other longer works.
Letters, speeches and pamphlets
Individual translations, listed by publication date.
The Last Letter of Camille Desmoulins
April 5th, 1794: Camille Desmoulins went to the Place de la Révolution to die. There was no journal left to write, no crowd to stir, no chance to rewrite the last page. He had already said too much. The Revolution had eaten through its own flesh, and Camille, once its poet, was now just another name on the list. He left behind one final letter. Not quite a manifesto. Just a man, waiting to die, writing to his wife.
Impressions from a journey to Carvin
In 1783, a 25-year-old Robespierre travelled from Arras to Carvin and turned the modest journey into a mock-heroic travelogue full of classical references.
Saint-Just Hyping up Robespierre’s Speech
Saint-Just, ordinarily rather reserved at the Jacobin Club, made an exception on January 1, 1793. Despite presiding over the session, he didn’t share personal views or push his own agenda. Instead, he invited his colleagues to fund the printing and nationwide distribution of Robespierre’s second speech on Louis XVI’s trial (delivered on December 28, 1792)