Richard Rowland wrote:
Interesting topic, Lady Laughs. I've read a bit about that history. (even though, according to some, I'm not well read) I don't recall the title, but it covered that period. If I recall correctly, the book begins with the storming of the Bastille, a French prison, and continues from that point. I read up to the point where the King and Queen were about to suffer the fate of the guillotine. I could read no farther, I didn't want to read of that.
The Royal Family, having concluded their lives were in danger, made a desperate dash for safety. Unfortunately, while stopped at a village to have a carriage wheel repaired, due to an accident, they were recognized and taken back into custody.
Also, many of the upper class were disguising themselves as peasants when fleeing the country. One hapless soul (this may be a bit apocryphal) made the mistake, while stopped at a roadhouse, of ordering an omelet. This, of course, gave him away, for peasants would not be eating omelets.
If you're interested and would like to read the book, I'll attempt to find the title.
Interesting topic, Lady Laughs. I've read a bit ab... (
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Apparently the majority of the people who left France, and there were hundreds of thousands of them, were the peasants.
I would be interested in the title, if you have the time.
I've said this before, perhaps we should study the psychology of a man who was needed to bring order out of chaos, then set out to conquer the world. Is it always so?