She went from a Chateau to a Lingerie Shop
The Woman who lost everything to the French Revolution
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9 min readApr 27, 2022
Close your eyes. Imagine. Just for a moment, you live in France. It’s the tail-end of the 18th Century. The bloated and decadent Ancient Regime is in full swing.
Peasants labor in stolid misery on tiny fields. Bourgeois count coins and mutter resentfully behind closed doors…
