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The air in Paris on July 14, 1789, was thick with a volatile mix of fear, desperation, and a simmering rage that had been brewing for generations. For years, the common people of France had suffered under the weight of an archaic feudal system, crushed by exorbitant taxes while the aristocracy lived in gilded luxury. … Read more
The year is 1789. Paris simmers, a city choked by poverty, yet buzzing with the uncontainable energy of discontent. For decades, the iron fist of absolute monarchy, embodied by Louis XVI and his extravagant queen, Marie Antoinette, had ruled France. Yet, beneath the gilded veneer of Versailles, a nation starved. Bread prices soared, taxes crushed … Read more