Pretty much all the sources I've read that talk about Brount's origins say that when he went back to Arras, one of his supporters gave him Brount (then a puppy), and that he then took him back with him to Paris.
35-36 middle aged? Perhaps we could call on superhero Robespierre. He'd be very polite and devastatingly sarcastic. Not quite middle aged, but I think he'd work even better. For obvious reasons.
I can see the logic to that. It's no wonder Mantel pretends that Couthon doesn't exist then. I think she'd have to contort her narrative to the point of absolute ridiculousness to have Couthon's wife rape Danton on at least two separate occasions.
You know, there's just not much you can say to that logic. Indeed not. It's a truly quizzical phenomenon that people should be so quick to identify with royals and their ways of operating. You would think that non-royals would find them inherently suspicious, but go figure.
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Date: Thursday, 10 June 2010 00:44 (UTC)35-36 middle aged? Perhaps we could call on superhero Robespierre. He'd be very polite and devastatingly sarcastic.
Not quite middle aged, but I think he'd work even better. For obvious reasons.
I can see the logic to that. It's no wonder Mantel pretends that Couthon doesn't exist then. I think she'd have to contort her narrative to the point of absolute ridiculousness to have Couthon's wife rape Danton on at least two separate occasions.
You know, there's just not much you can say to that logic.
Indeed not. It's a truly quizzical phenomenon that people should be so quick to identify with royals and their ways of operating. You would think that non-royals would find them inherently suspicious, but go figure.