[Mark in the Old South]

Re: "Don't you think these people could be extended a little courtesy and respect ?"

Ummm excuse me but the topic is the French Revolution not WWII. I recommend reading "Citizens", an excellent book on the French Revolution. It will remove your illusions about this shameful war. As to the Royals writing to their foreign counterparts, I can not say I blame them, their lives were in danger. The crown tried to reform the country and was opposed by the same frog turds that then participated in the revolution.

For heavens sake you had titled nobility accusing a gardener of being an aristocrat. The fact is he most likely was more noble than his accuser. It is a damnable shame France was not beaten early in the war and freed the King and his family. Bastille Day is a disgrace.

[elhombrelibre]

I remember reading once and having an historian confirm that there were only about 7 people in Bastille when it was liberated. They were common criminals. Still, just as there is a myth about all the French Resistance, when far more Frenchmen collaborated with the Nazis, there is a myth that Bastille was a great symbol of tyranny.