La Première République
an Ahistorical Journey through the French Revolution and Aftermath
July 14 1789
an Ahistorical Journey through the French Revolution and Aftermath
July 14 1789
Journal Entry by Pierre Montfort
I couldn’t get over how cold the piece of bread was as it laid on the floor; it was as cold as the son that laid in my hands…
It was time for us to take action into our own hands. For too long had the French crown kept her people stomped under her iron heel, for too long had she forgotten her own peoples and left them to starve as she piled up her debt in that Seven Years’ War. No more were the French people to stand subject to the abuses of the crown, her people had to rise up in the flames of defiance. The day we stormed Bastille was a good day, for in it was contained all the savagery to be surfaced from inside the hearts of the French Peoples.
This savagery came slowly as we had in days prior done mischief in Paris. The Hotels des Invalides was raided for musketry, but the truth was, now that I have thought about it, that my own hatred was piled up inside from before. It had begun with the Estates-General when the king, seeing the impasse the people created with the nobility and clergy, barred the third-estate, the people, from the assembly. We were to create our own assembly, the assembly at the Tennis court, and we were not going to stop until constitution.
The riots in Paris had begun. The shortages of bread made our people perish under the cruel rules of life.
At the castle we waited for negotiations for the seven prisoners inside. Once we learned that they would not give in we rushed into the old castle, the peasants finally were coming into the house of their lords to become the great masters of their fate. The guards could not stop us, the prisoners were free, Louis XVI will not stop us, and we will be free.
September 14th 1789
Oh, woe, how I find myself more and more leaning towards the side of those wretched Jacobins, and their ideas of how France must now get rid of her king? Oh, wretched idea! Killing our king? I must agree with the National Assembly who believe that the king is necessary for the state.
The National Assembly! What can I say about you? I can say that I cannot believe that you, after striving to remove the ancienne regime and the after making those noble and good documents of the rights of man, would turn against us. How can she have fired during a protest of the Jacobins? One must think the world to be gone mad.
Oh, but woe is me. That wretched man sees the fiery sparks in our eyes; he knows of our plans and seeks to remove the gaze of the people from him and onto his own goals. An expansionist France cannot think of herself but only of her enemies, and so he declares war on our new enemy, Sardinia-Piedmont. Good and noble men who should be thinking about their own futures in this land must now march beyond the Alps, to Sardinia-Piedmont and to her ally of Corsica. The people of France, as always they have done in moments of danger, will unite under the banner of arms to defeat her common foe. A crafty king indeed, but yet I say France must see to her own problems, and no one listens.
I have said before that a constitution was needed, I must say it again. However, the Jacobins may be right.
It does not matter, I must now go to attend to my business; I must go now for I have been summoned. Oh how I have the fear that my own fate brings me closer to this enemy of ours and away from our true interests.
Some small notes:
1)I do not have time to be posting any images, I just want to write and if you want to read you’re a good person. Besides, I want to capture people with my writing.
2)I want to tell a story of a small segment of history this time so I don’t have to do a daunting task, the long historical narrative is probably the reason I quit before.
3)This story follows the general story of a game of France I’ve been playing.
4) My knowledge of French history is limited but luckily most of the things will be ahistorical anyway. Any corrections where applicable are appreciated.
5) Any literary critique or comments is HIGHLY appreciated.
6) Enjoy.
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