ABSTRACT
Marat's death was a signal for more changes. In Lyons, Bordeaux, Toulon, and the Vendée royalists emerged. The assassination of Marat proved, as far as they were concerned, that a revulsion was underway and they determined to restore the monarchy. On the other end of the pole, Hébert, in his Père Duchesne, called for more executions and quicker action against enemies of the people. He was joined in this call by Collot d'Herbois, a rabid, anti-Christian fanatic; both men shared the mantle dropped by the fallen Marat. Almost overnight they were surrounded by an extremist faction that charged the Committee of Public Safety with being lethargic and ineffectual and pointed, as proof, to the continued shortage of food, the mounting inflation, and the presence of assassins.
