Rodama: a blog of 18th-century & Revolutionary France

"En matière de terrorisme d'État, la Terreur, c'est nous qui l'avons inventée " Patrick Buisson [It is we (ie. the F...

In the Vendée the passage of the years has done little to soften the bitter legacy of the Revolution. In 2008 there was a powerful reminder ...

I have just acquired the "must-have" 2016 biography of Robespierre by Hervé Leuwers.   . Since there is no translation yet, an...

It is hard to find anything amusing or anecdotal to cheer up an account of the Terror in Arras.  Fortunately I am saved by another parro...

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8412481s The reputation of Le Bon as buveur de sang was confirmed for posterity by this strikin...

Here are some extracts from an English version of Idées des horreurs des prisons d'Arras, one of the most influential indictments of t...

As was the case with so many implacable Revolutionaries, Joseph Le Bon's relations with his family were warm and close, especially those...