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6.05- The Barricades

Revolutions

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Lefitte and the Duchess of Orleans - A History of Paris

On the morning of july 20 ninth, Lefitte got up and began laying the groundwork for regime change. Lafitte made his house home base for a self organized orleanist faction dedicated to insuring that this revolution did not become a republican revolution. The Bourbon response to the july revolution was routinely about 12 hours behind events. So here semonville is trying to get the king to recind the four ordinances. And i kid you not, these two old men like ran as fast as their little old legs could carry them down to their respective coaches. Let's see who gets there first.

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