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Die rote Mütze

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Als Daniel de Roulet von seinem Vater einen goldgerahmten Stich erbt, auf dem ein Vorfahr mit Louis-XVI-Perücke abgebildet ist, stellt sich heraus, dass es sich um den Besitzer eines Söldnerregiments handelt, Jacques-André Lullin de Châteauvieux. Ein Menschenschinder, der einen Aufstand seiner Söldner wegen ausbleibenden Solds blutig niederschlagen lässt. Wie die «Zehn unbekümmerten Anarchistinnen» beruht der Roman auf historischen Vorbildern. Im Straflager von Brest hat de Roulet sieben Namen von Söldnern notiert, deren Schicksal er erzählt, im Zentrum das des neunzehnjährigen Genfer Schreiners Samuel Buchaye. «Aus diesen Namen habe ich Figuren gemacht. Die Mächtigen erdrücken einen mit ihrem Erfolg. Ihren Sklaven, den weniger vom Glück Begünstigten, erteilt nur die Literatur das Wort.»

164 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 24, 2024

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March 24, 2024
I couldn't put this historical novel down. De Roulet writes about Swiss mercenaries in French service during the French Revolution. He describes the upheaval during this period (which lasted decades), when the people wanted equal rights and the brutal way in which the authorities acted against the common people. In his book, he accompanies seven men from the Geneva region (who actually existed) and uses historical facts to tell the story of what happened to them over five years.
At the end of the book, de Roulet writes:
How to tell of their misery?
How to talk about the cruelty of their officers, whose names can be found on street signs and engraved on monuments?
while the insurgent soldiers
only had a claim
to a shameful entry
in the big book of the prison?

I have memorised the names of seven mercenaries
and that of the martyred Andé Soret.
I made figures out of these names.

The powerful crush you
with their success.
Their slaves,
the less fortunate,
are only granted by literature
the word


I think de Roulet has done a marvellous job of giving the seven mercenaries a voice.
(4½)
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January 18, 2025
L‘histoire inconnue des Châteauvieux - Je l‘ai beaucoup aimé en terme de source historique, car je ne connaissais pas encore l‘impact que les Suisses ont eu pendant la révolution française. Les personages étaient quand même très superficielles et le livre ne m‘a pas ému au niveau émotional.
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