The French Revolution: A Storm of Change
The year is 1789. France, a nation of dazzling courts and starving peasants, teetered on the precipice of chaos. For centuries, a rigid social order, the Ancien Régime, had dictated every facet of life. At its apex sat King Louis XVI, a monarch of indecisiveness, surrounded by a court that prioritized opulence over the rumblings … Read more