Unusually for me, I have a question

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Does anyone know anything about Bernard Lerat or his book (published around the time of the Bicentennial) Le terrorisme révolutionnaire? I know this book exists because I've come across several copies for sale on-line, but oddly, not a one of my books on the Revolution, whether in French or in English, mention him in their bibliographies. I can't fathom why.
 
I've tried to think of reasons, but none of them seem to make sense. Is it perhaps a vulgarisation rather than a work of serious scholarship? Surely then, at least, my books of historiography or on the portrayal of the Revolution ought to mention it. Does it make laughable assertions? So does Gueniffey, but people cite him all the time. Could the sites selling this book have made a typo in his name? But multiple sites making the same typo? Seems rather unlikely. And it's not as if any of my books cite anyone with a similar name. Is it just a book of so little importance that no one finds it worth mentioning? Is there really any book quite *that* insignificant?

...It's a puzzle to me, truly. So does anyone have any thoughts on the matter? Better still, has anyone actually read the book? Please, share any information you might have!

Comments

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I'm sure you've already thought of this...but did anyone review the book on-line? I know Amazon.fr lets people review the books.

It is possible that if it's just for popular consumption...with no index or references...that nobody would cite it or refer to it in a more serious work.

I know there's plenty of books like that in English!

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No, there's no information about it anywhere online that I could find, other than that it's for sale. Even books that are strictly for popular consumption tend to be cited in historiography books that discuss "popular" histories... That's why I think it's so odd that this one is mentioned no where. Thanks for the suggestions though!

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Now I'm using a better computer...and being a curious person (sometimes), I took a look.

All I could find was that the book was used as a reference on French Wikipedia for biographies of Vergniaud and Louis Collenot d’Angremont.

Perhaps the book is so non-controversial and lacking in new ideas or info so that's why no one seems to care about it?

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Hm, anything's possible. Now I'm going to have to see if I can find it in a library somewhere to see for myself...