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Jean-Baptiste Greuze Portrait of Fabre d'Églantine D'Églantine is remarked as one of the most important playwrights during the French Revolution. He served as president and secretary of the club of the Cordeliers, and belonged also to the Jacobin Club. Georges Danton chose Fabre as his private secretary, and he sat in the National Convention of 1792-1794. He voted for the death of King Louis XVI, supporting the maximum and a law which allowed for summary executions, and he was a bitter…

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