Read The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71 Online
Authors: Alistair Horne
Tags: #History, #Europe, #General
Felix Pyat
Victor Hugo
Gustave Flourens
Henri de Rochefort
‘
Garde nationale sédentaire
—Partisan of peace to the bitter end.’—From
L’Éclipse
‘National Guard officer and
cantinière
—explaining the plan of attack.’—From
L’Éclipse
‘No news!’—From a drawing flown out with Fonvielle on the
L’Égalité
, Nov. 24th
‘The queue for rat meat.’—From a drawing by Cham
Alan Herbert’s hen, ‘Una’, who survived the Siege
Edwin Child in National Guard uniform
Child’s ‘identity card’ issued by the Commune
Child’s bread ration card issued during the last days of the Siege
The lynching of Vincenzoni, February 1871
The revictualling of Paris: distribution of the English food