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Jean-Nicolas-Paul-François Barras, vicomte
(1755—1829)
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(1755–1829).
French soldier, then prominent Revolutionary politician; he helped engineer Robespierre's fall, then was one of the five members of the Directoire, but was forced out of politics by Napoleon.
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From: Barras, Jean‐Nicolas‐Paul‐François, vicomte in The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French »
Subjects: Literature
