The French Revolution's 'Angel of Assassination' | Charlotte Corday

Death was everywhere in during the French Revolution, but none was more shocking than the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat - because it was carried out by a woman. Charlotte Corday committed political murder though her own agency, changing ideas about the place of women in politics and the revolution, becoming known to some as 'The Angel of Assassination'...

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Sources and Related Books:

Citizens: A Chronicle of The French Revolution by Simon Schama - https://amzn.to/3WY1UTS

The Angel of the Assassination by Marjorie Bowen - https://amzn.to/43PN6ZF

The Story of Charlotte Corday by Anna Jameson - https://amzn.to/3N37lfI

Jean Paul Marat: Tribune of the French Revolution by Clifford D. Conner - https://amzn.to/3CmcVoD


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