Basically I'm intrigued because I got wind of a thesis being written by a rather left-wing acquaintance of mine entitled "Ceci n'est pas un terreur" as such I'm intrigued as to how valid his argument is. On the one hand I can easily imagine that atrocities were exaggerated by the subsequent generations hostile to the Jacobin Republic but on the other hand this guy's political leanings makes me think he's likely inclined to try salvage the reputation of any revolution. So how bad was the Terror?