Brissot
noun
Jacques-Pierre (ʒakpjɛr). 1754–93, French journalist and revolutionary; leader of the Girondists: executed by the Jacobins
Historical Examples
History of the Girondists, Volume I Alphonse de Lamartine
Lectures on the French Revolution John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Joel Munsell
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 Eugne Sue
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 Various
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12) Edmund Burke
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 Various
History of the Girondists, Volume I Alphonse de Lamartine
Gerald Fitzgerald Charles James Lever
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