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There was no level of brutality to which the infernal columns did not descend. Orders were given to conserve powder by killing with the saber rather than the gun. Women were raped as a matter of routine; children were butchered and their bodies mutilated. Soldiers would tear unborn babies from the wombs of their mothers and carry them in triumph, still living, on the points of their bayonets.

The trouble with this book is that I want to highlight the entire book! Davies quotes several of the authors of the French Revolution I have already read and I recognize his information. It's what makes the whole revolution such a terrible tragedy, so much destruction of what was Good, Beautiful and True, most of which is irrecoverable and the country never to recover its former glory.

In 1789, France was the most populous and prosperous nation in Europe, and Paris was its largest city, with a population of 650,000, the best-educated and most excitable in Europe. Rioting was an established Parisian tradition. French peasants were better off than any of their counterparts in continental Europe, except, perhaps, those of northern Italy.

In 1789, France was the most populous and prosperous nation in Europe, and Paris was its largest city, with a population of 650,000, the best-educated and most excitable in Europe. Rioting was an established Parisian tradition. French peasants were better off than any of their counterparts in continental Europe, except, perhaps, those of northern Italy.

The things the revolutionaries did to the Vendéens were atrocious. It defies description, the things they did. They make one shudder at the wickedness of some people. It was like they were possesed by devils. It was horrible.
It is too terrible to write about, like Hell on earth.

The Vendéens were just the best. Many thanks to Anthony Tr..ollope for intoducing me too them in his book, "La Vendée.
So far a pretty good book, albeit I can imagine it being confusing to someone who knew little previously about the Vendéens.