‘The Revolutionary Temper’ Review: Paris on the Boil

Time began again in France on Oct. 5, 1793. That was when the revolutionary government decreed that Sept. 22, 1792, the day on which it had dissolved the old monarchy, was to be known as the first of Vendémiaire, Year 1. The new calendar still had 12 months, but each month now had 30 days and…

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