sophie philoMaster of Fate (II) 14On the Feast of Saint Rémi, 1789, the Flanders arrived in Versailles setting Paris off anew. Paris was threatening to march on Versailles…Nov 23, 2017Nov 23, 2017
sophie philoMaster of Fate (II) 13The first time I saw Elizabeth again, it was raining. The encounter was bound to happen, by this time I’d already come to a position inside…Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017
sophie philoMaster of Fate (II) 12I was beginning to feel the futileness of my position as the days wore on, something Paul’s letters from home did nothing to quell. With…Oct 17, 2017Oct 17, 2017
sophie philoMaster of Fate (II) 11Over eight thousand people occupied the king of France’s chậteau in Versailles, more than two thousand making-up the guard. The red-coated…Sep 19, 2017Sep 19, 2017
sophie philoMaster of Fate (II) 10The march to Versailles was what I always imagined Yorktown should have been. It wasn’t, though we were victors. The English didn’t honor…Sep 10, 2017Sep 10, 2017
sophie philoMaster of Fate (II) 9It’d been nearly ten years since I’d last seen my sister. As I mentioned, I was in England when she came to Lorraine with her family to…Sep 4, 2017Sep 4, 2017
sophie philoMaster of Fate (II) 8Lafayette explained to me how the old French Guard was being disbanded. “The King sanctioned this decree with suspicious speed. He’s…Aug 28, 2017Aug 28, 2017
sophie philoMaster of Fate (II) 7One’s first night in Paris is hard to forget. Singing and shouting all night long from the taverns, along with the smell of baking of…Aug 19, 2017Aug 19, 2017
sophie philoMaster of Fate (II) 6Dining rooms of the nobility were steeped in french elegance. The Eleusinian Mysteries covered Yves’s ceiling and walls. They were the…Aug 5, 2017Aug 5, 2017
sophie philoMaster of Fate (II) 5Yves was not a tall man. He was large around the midriff although he hid it well enough in his fine frock coat, cut in the latest Parisian…Jul 24, 2017Jul 24, 2017