The Men Who Would Be King of France…

As the anniversary of the start of the French Revolution comes round again, 14 July 1789, two hundred and thirty-four years ago, one wonders who would be governing France today if they hadn’t chopped of Louis XVI’s head….. Louis, and his wife, Marie Antoinette, had 4 children. Princess Sophie died at 11 months old in…

It’s July… that means Bastille Day in France

July 14th is Bastille Day in France, and the most famous French national holiday. It celebrates the storming of the Bastille—a military fortress and prison in Paris — on July 14, 1789, in a violent uprising that people generally consider to be the flashpoint which heralded the start of the French Revolution. At the time,…