6/11/2023 0 Comments A place of greater safety![]() She shivered." I remember big, ugly George-Jacques Danton, gored not once, but twice by a bull, then scarred by smallpox ("His mother did not think that the marks detracted from him. And just that he didn't kiss it, just held it there. What I do remember is the moment where Camille Desmoulins kisses Lucile Duplessis's hand: "He turned it over rather forcefully, and held her palm against his mouth. I have to phone my mum to ask the name of the nearest big town (Bergerac) and my sister to check other details, like the names of the boys we befriended (Jon and David). I remember very little about that holiday. ![]() It was the summer I turned 17, and my family were spending a fortnight in the Dordogne. ![]() The biggest fight I've ever had with my mum was over this book. ![]()
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