Patrice McDonoughJan 152 minInsurrection: 1789/2021In France in October 1789, after a year of failed harvests and hunger—and sharpening tensions between the legislative and executive branc...
Patrice McDonoughJan 14 minLethal Toilets and Deadly Stoves: the Perils of the Victorian HomeThat first flush must have been heaven. No shivery walks to the back-garden privy; no night-soil men hauling away the family’s collective...
Patrice McDonoughDec 27, 20202 min"The Doom of London"In December 1891, a hellish miasma once again held London in its grip. For much of the nineteenth century, recurring fogs had plagued Vic...
Patrice McDonoughMay 3, 20182 minReading Suggestions for the French RevolutionIf you are going to read just one history of the French Revolution, choose The Days of the French Revolution by Christopher Hibbert (1980...
Patrice McDonoughMay 3, 20182 minPicturing the RevolutionTyping the words “French Revolution” into a Google search will produce a message something like this: “about 45,100,000 results (0.44 sec...
Patrice McDonoughMay 3, 20182 minWhat Happened to Them? The fates of some of the characters in Daughter of Time.Real-life characters who did not survive the Revolution: King Louis XVI went to the guillotine in January 1793; Marie-Antoinette followed...
