Marquis de Lafayette Part 9: Guardian Angel

Marquis de Lafayette
Written By Willem Conner

Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.

Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.

Famine conditions in Paris and fears of counter-revolution prompt thousands of enraged civilians to march on Versailles. With the safety of the royal family threatened, Lafayette is compelled to intervene to avert a catastrophe.

Willem Conner
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