Born in Paris to a Peruvian noble father and a French mother from the petty bourgeoisie, Flora Tristan quickly experienced poverty after the premature death of her father. She became a colorist worker in Paris, where she met her future husband.Flora Tristans personal experience would determine her p
He is the kings bodyguard doctor. Marat is an embittered and solitary man, he writes alone his newspaper LAmi du Peuple where his violent articles have notably encouraged the massacres of September. He works to defend the sans-culottes within the Cordeliers club. Once the republic was proclaimed, he
Poniatowski is the nephew of the king of Poland, divided between Austria, Prussia and Russia. After Napoleons victory at Jena and Auerstedt, he took part in the Battle of Friedland and Dresden. He rebuilt the army of Poland and reconquered territories of his country. Faithful to Napoleon, he fought
Sophie de Grouchy (1764 – 1822), or Madame de Condorcet, was a French intellectual, woman of letters and translator who held an important salon from the French Revolution until her death. Great mental alertness Sophie Marie Louise de Grouchy was born in 1764 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, in Île-de-Franc