emmadilemma quoted The French Revolution by Ian Davidson
The French Revolution casts a long shadow, one that reaches into our own time and …
The story of the French Revolution is the story of how a group of educated young Frenchmen, many of them lawyers, set about building a new state in France… The fall of the Bastille was in fact wholly unrepresentative of the real work of the Revolution… [which was done] in orderly, dignified and well-dressed silence.
— The French Revolution by Ian Davidson (Page 1)
Even if the dude proves his case, I haven't the time or desire to read 250 pages about how rich bougies were the real heroes of the revolution. I'm actually walking this back to the library so it doesn't stink up the house.