http://estellacat.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] estellacat.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] backupmemories 2008-06-30 02:27 am (UTC)

Well, just as long as they're not guillotined while portraying characters who weren't, I suppose it will be all right.

I have three basic types when it comes to Le Bas's letters: letters to his father, letters to his wife, and letters to Robespierre/reports to the CSP. They all have something interesting to say about what's going on where he is at the time, but do you think it would be better to just include the last kind, since the recipients will actually be present...?

(That line is in one of Robespierre's discourses against the war with Austria--the first, I believe, though I wouldn't swear to it--and is sure to be included in any collection of his speeches you can find.) Other than that, I'll see what I can find/translate, speechwise.

I mentioned it earlier; I have some tricolor ribbon and a technique for making them fairly easily, so I could definitely make some.

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