There are some great books on Robespierre and the Revolution available. Here are a few of the ones I have read and recommend. Some are available in various languages but others are only in French/English.
Robespierre
* Robespierre - George Rude
* Robespierre, the force of circumstance - Carr
* Robespierre - Sieburg (a biography that looks in particular at views on Maxime during the third republic - written around the 1930's)
* Maximilien - Becker (3 books - biographical novel really - very good!!)
* La Maison de Robespierre - Hamel (this is a short piece discussing the Duplay's house and its layout including where Maxime's rooms were etc...)
* Robespierre - Gerard Walter (the best biography I have read on Maxime so far but does concentrate a lot on the political side of things rather than the personal)
* Robespierre - Ecrits (a selection of Maxime's writings - not worth buying if you have the Oeuvres but if you can't afford those this is a nice volume)
* Oeuvres de Maximilien Robespierre (10 books - a must for any devotee of Maxime - all his poems, letters, publications and speeches)
* Les 100 jours de Robespierre (an overview of events in the last 100 days of Maxime's life and how they lead to his arrest and execution. Some very interesting points made!)
* Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution - Ruth Scurr (An engaging biography with the writer taking a look at arguments both for and against Maxime without major bias)
* Robespierre Poem Cycle - Gertrud Kolmar (A series of poems about Maxime and the revolution. In German. I am not sure if translations are available or not.)
French Revolution
* Citizens - Schama (this overview of the revolution is written
from an English perspective and I find it a little anti-revolutionary at times.
Still it is a reasonable resource for facts and dates)
* La Grande Revolution - Miquel
* La Revolution Francaise - Furet/Richet
* Barricades: The War of the Streets in Revolutionary Paris 1830-1848 - Jill Harsin (Interesting to Maxime fans as early chapters look at the rise of Robespierrism and Montagnardism in the ealry 1830's)
* Terror - Civil War in the French Revolution - David Andress (An interesting and informative book looking at the Terror in the context of a Civil War. Reasonably fair to Maxime and a good read.)
Novels
* City of Darkness, City of Light - Marge Piercy - (a novel set in the revolution and told from 6 viewpoints including those of Robespierre, Danton, Condorcet and Mme Roland.)
* Quatre-vingt-treize (93) - Hugo - (a tale set during the Vendee revolts in 1793. One notable section of the book features a brilliant imagined conversation between Robespierre, Marat and Danton.)
* A Place of Greater Safety - Hilary Mantel - (a novel set during the revolution told mainly from the point of view of Desmoulins, Danton and Robespierre.)
* A Far Better Rest - Susanna Alleyn - (a re-telling of "Tale of Two Cities" from a different perspective. An interesting concept and it works well.)
* The Gods Are Thirsty - Tanith Lee - (told from Camille's viewpoint but with an often less than flattering portrayal of Maxime. Given the choice I prefer the Mantel but that said it is reasonably good if you discount her views on Maxime.)
* Les Miserables - Victor Hugo - (Decided to add this as, while not set in the Revolution, Hugo's character Enjolras is clearly Saint Just-Maxime.)
Music
* La Revolution Francaise - Musical (CD available) by Boublil and Schonberg charting the main years of the revolution. For more about the show and full lyrics look HERE or look at the Unofficial Site which has some video extracts as well. (To find the second one click on the "liens" link then scroll down to the last entry!)
* Maximilien - A song from Maxime's point of view before his death, written by Serge Reggiani and Claude Lemesle. The lyrics can be found HERE.
Film
* La Terreur et la Vertu -Danton/ Robespierre - (1964) This two part film charts Maxime's final months. A wonderful piece with very truthful and sympathetic portrayals of Maxime and his friends. Maxime is brilliantly played by Jean Negroni. Well worth seeing. Can be bought on R2 DVD from www.alapage.com. There are no subtitles though (not even in French) so your French needs to be pretty fluent to understand it. Very historically accurate
* Carry On - Don't Lose Your Head - (1966) Another 'carry on' film based on The Scarlet Pimpernel (here the Black Fingernail). Robespierre is played by Peter Gilmore. Not accurate of course but it is only meant as a comedy/action film after all. Good for a laugh but don't look to learn anything from it
* Danton - (1983) This film ostensibly charts Danton final weeks but Maxime features in many scenes and is almost as important as Danton in it. The film offers a reasonably fair portrayal of him overall. This is hard to find and where available the soundtrack is French with Polish subtitles so it's another one where fluent French is needed to watch it properly.
* The Scarlet Pimpernel - (1998-2000) 6 episodes from the BBC with Richard E Grant as the Pimpernel. Maxime is portrayed as the evil "blood-thirsty wolf" here but Ronan Vibert works hard against this and tries to give him a more rounded character despite the script. Readily available on R2 DVD. Series 2 is better than series 1 for Robespierre moments and "A Good Name" is the best episode by far. Not completely historically accurate of course.
* The French Revolution - (2005) This 100 min documentary offers a very broad overview of the Revolution. Maxime is given rather more power in it than he actually had but that is mainly because most of the other figures aren't mentioned at all. On the whole though they are reasonably fair to him, stating he was initially against the death penalty, against war etc. He is also seen as a tragic figure at Thermidor. I do resent the inference that he was mentally unstable at the end and the Terror is too much attributed to him but there you go. A good watch for those new to this period of history but is inaccurate in places because it is over simplified.
See the Robespierre on Film page for images from these films!!