An essay exploring Beau Brummell and Robespierre through the lens of memoir and how their ideas were copied both during and after their lifetimes. The effect that these two historical characters included both large, consequential political acts as well as small aspects and textures of life. My argument is that Beau Brummell, through never explaining his ideas specifically, leaving them to be interpreted loosely, allowed his practice of self-expression to be replicated over Europe. He never wrote a memoir yet appears in many after his death, usually being portrayed as witty, charming or dashing. Robespierre, on the other hand, wrote many documents, gave hundreds of speeches and expressed his ideas directly to the public and parliament. His speeches were translated and distributed across the Western world when journalism was in its infancy. After an absence from the political scene and giving vague speeches, he caused a panic that resulted in his death. The essay is an argument for keeping ideas unfastened, standing firm on perspective and ultimately staying consistent. This essay will be hand-bound and replicating the style of Thomas Carlyle’s The French Revolution, a book originally published in 1837 and found within the Warburg Institute. It is less so an academic history of the period and more a poetic exploration of events, with no references to sources.