Bertrand Guillot, privileges in the lantern – Liberation

Attention, surprise quiz, prepare to search deep in your class memories, your dusty old acquaintances of the French Revolution: the abolition of privileges, does that mean anything to you? Yes of course, “We are here by the will of the people and we will only leave our places by the force of bayonets!” Oh no, that’s June 23, 1789, a few days after the Jeu de Paume oath. The abolition is a little after, the famous “night of August 4”. The moment is crucial, it resonates in us, even if we are unable to give the details. This is what prompted Bertrand Guillot to focus on this fascinating and decisive night. In his story, the abolition of privileges, in the present tense, like a journalist attending the scene, the author passionately rewires the thread of events. The story is captivating, in large part because it is collective, as in the play “Ca ira” by Joël Pommerat or the comic strip. Freedom de Grouazel and Locard (Actes sud), Fauve d’or 2020 in Angoulême.

Collective effervescence

Here no Marat, Danton, Robespierre, the first two are not yet members of Parliament, the third has not yet entered the…

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