Robespierre's Rise to Power

Maximilian Robespierre was a revolutionary politician who became the most powerful leader of the First French Republic during its radical phase. Despite his lack of charisma and oratory skills, he rose to prominence as one of the leaders of the Jacobins, delivering intellectual speeches and gaining influence in the Assembly. His moral clarity and convincing vision for the future made him a figure who seemed to have answers in uncertain times, leading to his peak of power between 1793 and 1794.