Fiacre Stories

Less than a year after the Storming of the Bastille, an ordinary man in a small French village finds himself caught up in extraordinary events. This is an entry for the Spring/Summer 2013 Historical Fiction Smackdown Words: 3787 Quotations: Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil. - Robespierre There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. – Marie Antoinette, Queen of France It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes. – Victor Hugo Revolution: French