The Reign of Terror is mentioned in a historical note that identifies Antoine-Quentin Fouquier-Tinville as its public prosecutor. The reference situates the period within the French Revolution and connects its political violence to the legal office responsible for prosecuting its cases.

Historical Context

The note groups Fouquier-Tinville with Maximilien de Robespierre and Jean-Paul Marat, identifying all three as leaders of the French Revolution. Its concise framing links revolutionary leadership to the machinery of prosecution: Fouquier-Tinville is distinguished not as a political leader but as the public prosecutor during the Reign of Terror.

Place in the Book

The Reign of Terror enters the book as contextual historical information rather than as a narrated episode. The note supplies no account of particular trials, victims, policies, or dates; its function is to clarify who Fouquier-Tinville was and the political period associated with his office. That economy makes the reference a compact point of orientation, not a developed treatment of the Terror itself.