This week sees the anniversary of the fall of the ancient French monarchy, when the château of the Tuileries was stormed by a revolutionary mob and its defenders, mainly Swiss Guards, were brutally slaughtered.
The French Revolutionary myth is founded on…
This week sees the anniversary of the fall of the ancient French monarchy, when the château of the Tuileries was stormed by a revolutionary mob and its defenders, mainly Swiss Guards, were brutally slaughtered.