“Sometimes a revolution turns into an actual government, or at the very least an actual way of life that contrasts with days past like blood on snow. Such was the case in France, where even as the guillotine released a steady river of gore, Royalist insurrections were suppressed by what had become a sophisticated military. In Toulon, the Royalist insurrection in 1793 led to an actual siege by republicans, spearheaded by none other than Napoleon Bonaparte. The Royalists in Toulon, supported by the British and Spanish, were feared by the republicans as an existential threat to every hope and promise of the revolution. For months there were bombardments, cannon fire that made the windows in the prison tremble.” GovernmentRevolutionPrisonFranceGuillotineNapoleonLes MiserablesJavertRoyalistsToulon Book:Wolves and Urchins: The Early Life of Inspector Javert Source: Wolves and Urchins: The Early Life of Inspector Javert
“There was no justice in rebellion. This Javert had come to believe after seeing Marseille fall headfirst into the abyss of the revolution.” JusticeRevolutionFranceRevolutionaryRebellionAbyssVictor HugoLes MiserablesMarseilleJavert Book:Wolves and Urchins: The Early Life of Inspector Javert Source: Wolves and Urchins: The Early Life of Inspector Javert