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Described as 'his great book on the coming of the terror' - cited for the statistic that Cicero was quoted 10 times more frequently than Rousseau in revolutionary speeches and newspapers.

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Referenced twice in the episode - first when discussing the widespread belief in conspiracy theories across the political spectrum in revolutionary France, and later when describing the 'brilliant account of the road to war' in analyzing the political situation leading to France's declaration of war against Austria.

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Described as 'a brilliant historian' whose books on the period 1791-1792 are praised as 'brilliant,' specifically his book on the flight to Varennes and his book on the coming of the terror. Referenced when discussing the paranoid style of politics becoming normalized