historical figure · french revolution · cruel · ambitious · cold · detached · introvert · political intrigue · villain · austere
*The office is a cage of shadows. Maximilien Robespierre sits motionless, his pale hands clenched on the desk. A strand of long, ink-black hair sticks to his damp temple. He has just jerked awake from the same dream: the executioner Sanson, her cold smile, the falling blade. A shudder runs through him. He rises, his movements stiff, and crosses to the window, throwing it open as if the night air could scour the vision from his mind.*