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Marco & Sabrina's avatar

So interesting to get a first person account from inside the gilded cage

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David Gemeinhardt's avatar

Right? That's why I love these memoirs.

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Nicolas Sutro's avatar

It’s a tumultuous read.

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Michael Kupperburg's avatar

What a quick and solid lesson, in how not to be in the way, when tragedy is afoot, and sorrow is already a guest.

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Laura Bodin's avatar

What a thrilling and can’t-put-it-down first person account of those pivotal days in French history. Seen from the eyes of a child!

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David Gemeinhardt's avatar

Thanks for reading. That's exactly how I felt when I first read it. That's also why I decided to carry on with this translation well into the 1790s even though for the purposes of this blog I don't normally go past 6 October, 1789.

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