Lafayette, Marquis de (1757–1834): Lafayette is particularly known for his participation in the American War of Independence. During the French Revolution he played a reactionary role. In May, 1790, he founded the "Society of 1789," which afterwards became the Feuillant Club. He retired to private life in 1791.
Louis XVI (1754–1793): King of France (1774–1792), guillotined January 21, 1793.
Louvet de Couvray Jean Baptiste (1760–1797): A deputy to the Convention in 1792; author of the lubricious novel, Les amours du chevalier de Faublas (1787–1789).
Lucretius Carus: Roman philosophical poet (96 B.C.–55 B.C.); his didactic poem, De rerum natura, treats physics, psychology and ethics from the Epicurean point of view. Committed suicide, perhaps in a moment of insanity.
Marat, Jean Paul (1743–1793): Physician and revolutionary leader; stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday; a volume of this series is devoted to his writings.
Marie Antoinette (1755–1793): Queen of France, wife of Louis XVI, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria and Maria Theresa; guillotined October 16, 1793, nine months after Louis XVI.
Mirabeau, Comte de (1749–1791): A French statesman and writer; called the French Demosthenes; a member of the Constituent Assembly.
Mountain: The most revolutionary section of the Convention (The Jacobins) was called the "Mountain," because its occupied the highest benches, farthest removed from the speakers' rostrum.
Racine, Louis (1692–1763): French poet, son of the more famous poetic dramatist, Jean Baptiste Racine (1639–1699).
Saint Just, Louis Antoine Jean de (1767–1794): One of the triumvirate of the Reign of Terror; a volume of this series is devoted to him.
Saint Thomas; Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274): The father of Catholic philosophy (scholasticism).
Tacitus, Cornelius (ca 55 A.D.–117 A.D.): Roman Historian.
