大卫 Part02

There were no signs that the bravos died on the lips of the nobility, even as they began to realise the significance of the attack.

"Talk about signing your own death warrant."

But then, how were they to know that, in under 10 years, they'd be on the receiving end of something far more wounding than words.

Look, citizens, at the glorious destiny that awaits us.

You have a whole nation to mobilise.

Still, the French Revolution could never have happened without this sense of theatre.

Its great orators, like Danton, were performers, shamelessly playing to the gallery, milking the cheers and the hisses.

Reason fights on your side, and you have not even begun to astonish the world.

And if they were really going to create a new France, they needed someone to create images to go with the words.

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