Poor France: it was roughly a hundred years since the country had been torn apart by the Wars of Religion; two centuries back she was being ravaged by the Hundred Years' War. Only one century ahead she would be approaching the chaos of revolution; two centuries on and Paris would be plunged into the bloody insurrection of 1848; three centuries, and the country would be barely recovering from Occupation and Vichy. Now it was the time of the "Frondes".
137, La Belle France: a Short History, Alistair Horne.
Poor France indeed! Unusual tease - I like it!
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It’s a song taken from the book ;)
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Funny, I never think of France as a violent place, but it's got quite the history.
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France does have an interesting history, doesn't it? Lots of blood spilled, though. Good teaser!
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