Author
Scott; Bede
Year
2019
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-78694-170-1
Last Update
20-Aug-2025
Keywords
Language & Literature ; History
I would like to begin, if I may, in a rather unpredictable place: provincial France in the summer of 1789. At this time, the country was undergoing a political and economic crisis that has been well-documented. The harvest had failed, food prices were rising, and unemployment was rife. In Paris, the Revolution was gathering momentum, and as news of the fall of the Bastille filtered through to the provinces, a number of rumours began to circulate. It was said that the aristocracy were planning to subdue the uprising by force, and that they had recruited foreign soldiers and ‘brigands’ in...
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