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11 Ways Corruption Led to the French Revolution
Though Marie Antoinette may not have actually said, “Let them eat cake,” the French monarchy and aristocracy displayed an ...
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Toussaint L’Ouverture: A Biography of the Haitian Revolutionary
Toussaint L’Ouverture emerged as the leader of the Haitian revolution in the late 1780s, playing a key role in leading the ...
Marie Antoinette's golden watch was stolen in a dramatic heist – and is now on view in London
The golden timepiece made for the French queen is still the peak of high horology, and it’s now on show in London ...
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Theatre UAB presents “The Revolutionists,” Feb. 26-March 2
A playwright, a freedom fighter, a queen and a young assassin fight the power in this girl-powered comedy of bravery and ...
Roger Ebert7d
Book Excerpt: An Anthony Mann Reader by Scout Tafoya
We’re happy to present an excerpt from Scout Tafoya’s new book on the work of Anthony Mann. The synopsis from Amazon is below ...
Wall Street Journal23d
Trump’s ‘Revolution of Common Sense’
In his Monday inaugural address President Donald Trump promised that by issuing a series of executive orders, “we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common ...
Smithsonian Magazine24d
On This Day in 1793, Revolutionaries Executed the King of France by Guillotine, a Deadly Machine They Saw as a Symbol of Equality
Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his ... through the streets of Paris brought the monarch to the guillotine and a raucous crowd of thousands of spectators.
Daily Courier24d
Highlights in History: January 21.
The work is widely considered to be the first American novel. In 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine.