The July Monarchy

On July 28, 1831, a suitably solemn but enthusiastic ceremony was held in the Place de la Bastille. The new government of Louis Philippe worked overtime to cement the official story that the three glorious days had been about the people of Paris rising up for their citizen king. But despite the attempt to claim the legacy of the French Revolution and the memory of the martyred dead, the true face of the new July monarchy would soon be revealed.