Madame Tussaud: a Novel of the French Revolution
“In Loustalot’s Révolutions de Paris, we have been reading about the August Decrees, in which the National Assembly has abolished feudalism. There are to be no more special privileges for the aristocracy. All citizens, from whatever class or birth, are now eligible for any civil or military office, and tithes have been done away with. How the Church will continue without its source of revenue is anyone’s guess. Perhaps the French will find it in their hearts to be generous, since it’s the church...es that run the hospitals and the poorhouses. In Camille’s weekly paper, Histoire des Révolutions, he has been writing about the adoption of Lafayette’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. And now, Marat is writing as well.He bursts into the Salon on Monday afternoon, frightening our patrons with his wild eyes and unwashed clothes. They step away from the caissier’s desk as he holds up a paper.“L’Ami du Peuple,” I read the title aloud. Friend of the People.“It’s going to be a daily,”MoreLess
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