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The grandchildren of Malesherbes, the liberal statesman and legal philosopher who argued for moderation and defended Louis XVI at his trial, were guillotined before his eyes, immediately before he was executed himself, on 23 April, 1794. This was a particularly nasty moment in the Reign of Terror.
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Who took French people away to be guillotined?
The British took away French rebels to be guillotined. A good book about the French revolution is "A Tale of Two Cities."
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