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    Madame Roland, Makers of History
    Madame Roland, Makers of History
    Madame Roland, Makers of History
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    Madame Roland, Makers of History

    By John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 2009
    Madame Roland, Makers of History

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      Before reading this biography my preconception of Madame Roland was that she pushed for Louis XVI's and Marie Antoinette's execution - or rather their vile murders - and that she was a black-hearted fanatic. Pleased to say my ignorance regarding this great lady has been remedied.Although Madame Roland was a prime mover during the dastardly French Revolution, her intentions were for the good of the nation. She did not desire the deaths of the monarchy or the French aristocracy.This tome had made clearer to me the background behind the three main fractions, namely the Royalists, the Girondins, and the Jacobins. For some reason I thought Madame Roland was a leading force in the Jacobins, who were merciless terrorists, but she was in fact an influential member of the Girondins, who originally wanted to keep a limited monarchy, similar to England at the time (the late 1780s/early 1790s).In hindsight, it's a shame the Girondins couldn't have compromised with the Royalists and perhaps turned the tide of the ocean of blood, but instead they tried reasoning with the Jacobins; a party who couldn't be reasoned with. As a result the Girondins at length found themselves in the same dreaded position as the aristocrats.Madame Roland herself was a fascinating woman, possessing great knowledge, courage, and selflessness. She left behind many memoirs for future historians. She was imprisoned by the Jacobins because of her influence on their rivals and for her association with them. She was beheaded for the same reasons. This is one of many outrageous reasons for murder during the Reign of Terror. Few who met with the guillotine were actually guilty of any crime.Here's an apt quote from this biography:“France, even in its darkest hour, was rather ashamed to behead a woman, upon whom the eyes of all Europe were fixed, simply for being the wife of her husband and the friend of his friends.”I would've rated this book with more than 3 stars, but as with Mr Abbott's other works, some of his digressions, his bias, and his overuse of the passive voice detract from the text on the whole. For example, he invariably writes "The father of Jane" or "The mother of Jane" as opposed to "Jane's father" or "Jane's mother". It strikes me as odd for an established writer to avoid the active voice so frequently. Regarding bias, Mr Abbott always favours the devoutly religious and dutiful housewives. He expressed his disapprobation when members of the twenty-one Girondins, who were having their last meal before the following day's execution, managed to put their impending doom aside and have a laugh together. Mr Abbott felt that they should not take death so lightly and that they should not have been laughing together during their final hours. We're all entitled to our own opinions, and my view is that the condemned men had every right to behave this way. What right has anyone who has never faced such horrors as this to judge those who have?But on the most part this is a worthwhile read. I'm sure there are more superior biographies out there on the fascinating Madame Roland than this nineteenth-century publication, but as this is available from Project Gutenberg for free, I can't complain.I feel Madame Roland deserves to be remembered. Here's a quote by Mr Abbott that sums up the talented lady:“Her case is one of the most extraordinary the history of the world has presented, in which the very highest degree of heroism is combined with the most resistless charms of feminine loveliness.”

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