Historical Epochs of the French Revolution: With the Judgment and Execution of Louis XVI., King of France: And a List of the Members of the National Convention, Who Voted for and Against His Death

This is history written while the blood was still drying on the Place de la Révolution. In 1796, just three years after Louis XVI walked to the guillotine, Henry Goudemetz compiled this account from inside the maelstrom that had consumed France. What makes this book singular is not merely its proximity to the events, but its audacious specificity: Goudemetz names every member of the National Convention and records exactly how each voted on the king's death. Seven hundred and twenty-one men, their names and verdicts preserved in ink while memory was still fresh. The book traces the Revolution's arc from its philosophical origins through the financial collapse of the monarchy, the convocation of the Estates-General, and the constitutional crises that made regicide not just possible but inevitable. For readers who want to understand how ordinary men transform themselves into executioners of kings, this document provides the closest thing to a front-row seat. It is not history as reflection but history as lived experience, composed by someone who had survived the very events he recorded.