Because beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow… And not fireworks, either
Jennifer DonnellyMots clés fiction ya-novel french-revolution
Just think, she said to herself. I could be living on the Right Bank. I could be married to a senior clerk at the Treasury. I could be sitting with my feet up, embroidering a linen handkerchief with a rambling-rose design. Instead I'm on the rue des Cordeliers in pursuit of a baguette, with a three-inch blade for comfort.
Hilary MantelMots clés humour french-revolution
92, '93, '94. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity or Death.
Hilary MantelMots clés french-revolution
Ninety-three" was the war of Europe against France, and of France against Paris. And what was the Revolution? It was the victory of France over Europe, and of Paris over France. Hence the immensity of that terrible moment?, '93, greater than all the rest of the century
Victor HugoMots clés french-revolution
There is death in the folds of her skirt and blood about her feet. She is for no man.
Joseph ConradMots clés french-revolution reign-of-terror the-rover
...more men and women were slaughtered in a couple of weeks of the terror of the atheistic French Revolution than in a century of the Inquisition.
Michael CorenMots clés religious-violence inquisition french-revolution
...As the evening wore on (the supper did not end until seven in the morning), the public were admitted to watch the festivities from the balustrade, and were offered biscuits and refreshments to keep them going through the night.
...One of the lawyers was so upset by the evening that he got up to leave, proclaiming: 'They will send you to the madhouse and strike you from the list of members of the Bar.' Grimod responded by locking the doors to the apartment and preventing any further guests from leaving. Coffee and liquers were taken in an adjoining room lit by 130 candles while the guests were entertained by a magic-lantern show and some experiments with electricity performed by the Italian physicist Castanio. M Rival tells us that many of the guests fell asleep.
Mots clés history cooking french french-revolution
Laclos thought, how about a one-way ticket to Pennsylvania? You’d enjoy life among the Quakers. Alternatively, how about a nice dip in the Seine?
Hilary MantelMots clés politics humour french-revolution
Do you know Camille Desmoulins?” he asked. “Have you seen him? He’s one of these law-school boys. Never used anything more dangerous than a paper knife.” He shook his head wonderingly.
“Where do they come from, these people? They’re virgins. They’ve never been to war. They’ve never been on the hunting
field. They’ve never killed an animal, let alone a man. But they’re such enthusiasts for murder.
Mots clés french-revolution
A pottery outside Paris was turning out his picture on thick glazed crockery in a strident yellow and blue. This is what happens when you become a public figure; people eat their dinners off you.
Hilary MantelMots clés humour french-revolution
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