From what I know of your views, this does hearten me.

Oh, naturally. To portray historical figures as anything other than human not only makes for dull history, but completely bastardized history. Political beliefs and ideals are held by people; people are not their ideals, as some historians and even novelists and filmmakers tend to forget when it comes to the Revolution.

Just one question: will it be based on fictional characters, or the actual personages of the era?