Tom Holland
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New translation of Suetonius out now! Dinosaur lover. ‘A leading English cricketer' - The Times. Podcast: @theresthistory
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Reading about Robespierre, and his obsession with moral purity tests.
So glad those days are over!
WHAT PREVENTS THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE PEOPLE?
The hired journalists who shamelessly mislead them.
WHAT CONCLUSION FOLLOWS?
That we should proscribe these writers as the most dangerous foes of our country, & circulate improving literature.
Robespierre (July 1793)
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