help!

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

I'm currently working on comics about the French Revolution, and I need to know; does anybody know what Simonne Évrard looked like?

A picture, a description, any if all information would be very helpful! I'm having a lot of trouble finding anything!

Thank you all in advance!

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[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

I searched a bit and didn't come up with anything. :/ Sorry!

Oooh, comics, huh? Sounds cool~ Will you post them here? :3

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

It's okay! Thank you for trying!!

Absolutly! <3 I know they have a higher chance of being appreciated here, lol!

[jonahmama.livejournal.com]

I assume you are looking for an actual historical account, not a fictional one. Unfortunately this is outside my usual scope of research, however I can recommend a few resources, besides checking out the usual Marat biographies.
A Google search with the terms: women, French Revolution, Evrard turned up the following from http://www.marxists.org/archive/bax/1900/marat/ch07.htm: "Simonne was born on the 6th of February 1764, and was therefore about twenty-six years of age when she made Marat’s acquaintance, and began first of all to give him shelter. She is described as of a figure a little above the middle height, with brown hair and eyes, with a forehead of ordinary size, but rather a large mouth, chin well formed and rounded, aquiline nose and oval face."

You might also try contacting the Jean-Paul Marat Association at http://seni.club.fr/index.html. In addition, Hilary Mantel in her book "A Place of Greater Safety" has an excellent description of Evrard, which may be based on her prodigious research or her excellent imagination. Hard to know, however she says in the foreword to her book that she has considered writing a novel about Marat, so I'd probably try to contact her (try e-mailing her British publisher) and ask her where she did her research. Another similar person of authority may be Marge Piercy, whose book "City of Darkness, City of Light" specifically focuses on the women of the Reevolution, though not Simone Evrard. She may have also traveled this road in her extensive research (www.margepiercy.com gives contact info through her publisher).

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! Merci beaucoup! You are a fantastic person, you are aware of that right?

I haven't been able to get my hands on A Place of Greater Safety, everywhere I check it's "unavailable to order" and my library dreadful.


Thank you very much thought! You are very helpful!

[cachecache.livejournal.com]

Try half.com, that's where I got my copy!

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Oh! Thank you very much!

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

This is what Esquiros' Histoire des Montagnards says of her: "Simonne Évrard...C'était une nature hystérique et sibylline, une femme aux yeux et aux cheveux noirs..."

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

In other words, not much: she had black hair and eyes.

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

1. I adore the above icon "fluffy Camille!" still, thank you for that information (the part of her having a hysteric nature et sibylline, also helped!) Thank you so much!

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Sure thing!
...The icon is from an item of crack!fic...which rather exceeds the bounds of messed-up-ness.

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

...Is this fic available to the public? <3

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Yes....I can send the link, if you'd like (although, remember it is rather messed up).

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Please do, I want to read this!

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you;) http://community.livejournal.com/sexandthecomite/11930.html#cutid1

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

...THAT was absolutly BEAUTIFUL! XD! Thank you SO MUCH for posting that!

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Credit, naturally, goes to the author of the piece, my friend maelicia.

But I absolutely concur with your assessment of it, as my comments on it will reveal.

Le Grand Amour de Marat et Simonne

[matador41.livejournal.com]

Only two years later but never mind. Sadly no image exists of her that I've yet come across in five years of snooping around. But there is an interesting article with information not found anywhere else. unfortunately no sources either so it's hard to know how reliable it is but anyway here's the reference if you're interested.
Le Grand Amour de Marat et Simonne Evrard by Jules Mazé in a now (I think) defunct magazine called Historia no 279 from February 1970. Happy hunting :)
PS this record of Judy Collins you're lisetning to. Does it have songs called Homage to Marat, Marat, we're poor and Poor old Marat, all by Peasle? Is Marat-Sade a song cycle then?