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[toi-marguerite.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone!

Two things once again:
1. Would anyone be interested in beta- reading a Scarlet Pimpernel fanfic? I've always been irritated with the characterization of Robespierre in said series of novels, and am attempting to portray a more historically accurate one.
2. Is it true that Rosseau personally tutored Robespierre? According to someone on historical_love, he did, but I've never read about it. I'd think that it'd be something important enough in Robespierre's life to be included in all the things I've read on him.... Admittedly, I haven't read as much as I would like, nor have I read as much as everyone in this community, but I'd think that said information would pop up in at least one article or something. Have I just not read enough?

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[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

-_-; Of course, LJ just ate my comment. So I'll try this again:

I'm 100% sure that Rousseau never personally tutored Maxime. I don't think I've even read half as extensively on him as many other people around here, but I definitely have read enough to know that it would have come up somewhere in my research by now if he had. I agree with cachecache - that user definitely isn't a fan of Maxime (nor does she appear to have much of an interest in the French Revolution in general, just judging from the kind of history-inspired icons she uses), and as such, I wouldn't trust her word against what you and all of the rest of us have read.

...Damn, her 'historical failure' comment is bugging me. But I don't trust myself to respond to it without getting...er...very, very rude, shall we say. XD;

[toi-marguerite.livejournal.com]

Poor dear!

Right. I'm glad that I'm not alone in feeling rather unread in comparison to the rest of the community, and in feeling that a Robespierre- Rousseau meeting would be more widely mentioned. ^^