The Flight to Varennes
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. Since being dragged down to Paris in October 1789, King Louis XVI had publicly played the part of citizen King, and he was convincing enough in this role to still be regarded as a benevolent father figure by the average French citizen. But privately, he was sinking deeper and deeper […]
A Temporary Summit
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. After the great feast of the Federation, France passed into a period of outward calm as everyone went through the motions of trying to make the new order they had just celebrated work in practice. But as I hinted earlier, beneath the surface, there were surprisingly few people dedicated to […]