The Reign of Terror from "summary" of A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles
There was a time when the streets of Paris ran red with the blood of its own people. The Reign of Terror, as it came to be known, was a dark chapter in the history of the French Revolution. It was a time of fear, suspicion, and violence. The revolutionaries who had once fought for liberty, equality, and fraternity now turned on each other in a frenzy of bloodshed. The guillotine, that grim instrument of death, claimed countless lives as it chopped off head after head. No one was safe from the wrath of the revolution. The Committee of Public Safety, led by the infamous Robespierre, was given the power to root out enemies of the revolution and punish them with swift and brutal justice. Suspects were arrested, tried in sham trials, and sent to the guillotine without mercy. The people of Paris lived in constant fear of being de...
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