It might have been a normal day for Alexis Barden, a normal year, a normal life, except Maximilien de Robespierre appeared in her Paris apartment during breakfast.

Short Story//Historical Fiction (4 pages) Caroline, a zealous and passionate young writer, takes a trip to Arras, France to visit the birthplace of her hero, and favourite historical figure. There, she searches for inspiration for her novel- information on his past, trying to pierce the veil of controversy and trying to find out what really happened all those years ago. Was he really a psychopathic, bloodthirsty tyrant, as many would argue? Or a virtuous hero of the people? Caroline doesn't know for sure, but on one of her morning walks, she has a rather interesting encounter with a rather interesting young man...

Just days ago, Maximilien de Robespierre was the most feared man in all of France. A mere word could result in a man being sent to his death. Now, the once-great orator sits silent and alone in a dark cell, his jaw shattered from a failed suicide attempt and his once-impeccable clothes a grisly blood-stained mess. Clinging to life and awaiting Madame Guillotine's blade in the cell that once housed his enemy, Marie Antoinette, he watches his country at war with itself and wonders if everything he did 'for the good of France,' was worth it. ----------------------- Cover art created by yours truly! This book contains the original and rewritten version of the story. WARNING: Swearing, mention of attempted suicide, mild descriptions of gore, flashbacks, and some scenes containing violence and possibly graphic detail. We have to keep it accurate to the French Revolution and the real Robespierre after all. ----------------------- AWARDS 2nd Place- ECA Awards