fouquier

Updated: September 22, 2025

Barère first proclaimed from the tribune of the Convention that terror must be the order of the day. It was by Barère that the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris was provided with the aid of a public accuser worthy of such a court, the infamous Fouquier Tinville.

Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay - Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)