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Clay, Stephen (2012). "The White Terror: Factions, Reactions, and the Politics of Vengeance". In McPhee, Peter (ed.). A Companion to the French Revolution. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 359–377. doi:10.1002/9781118316399.ch22. ISBN9781118316399.