tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832859209231480725.post318665034599036421..comments2024-03-01T04:41:27.615-08:00Comments on Rodama: a blog of 18th-century & Revolutionary France: McPhee on RobespierreRodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832859209231480725.post-45186590975902076262017-07-30T02:33:22.431-07:002017-07-30T02:33:22.431-07:00It's a lovely book! I just got it a couple of ...It's a lovely book! I just got it a couple of weeks ago and am delighted with it – and with Max, who is now definitely in my personal Panthéon.<br /><br />I'm amused, though, that McPhee finds him "unprepossessing" in appearance, while nevertheless noting his effect on women. Having spent some time looking at images of the Deseine bust from various angles (my excuse: I'm an artist and intend to draw/paint from it), I can say that he's quite the reverse. Small and slight, but very handsome. Even my aunt, who has the misfortune to be Conservative/monarchist, is smitten, and a straight male friend remarked on his good looks. So I suspect the fangirls in the Jacobin Club gallery were probably there to ogle. (Perhaps McPhee should have canvassed some women?!)Silverwhistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681706061490836033noreply@blogger.com