Summary

Adrienne

In July of 1789, the king rejects Lafayette’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Citizens rebel, and the Bastille is torn down (286). The people need a leader, and Adrienne declares that her husband will step up to the task (287). The king quickly surrenders to Lafayette and accepts a Revolutionary cockade in red and blue, the colors of Paris, to which Lafayette adds white to symbolize the white ribbon of the monarchy (288). However, peace is not secured. The king’s brothers flee to Austria, and Philippe begins leading violent mobs (288-289). Lafayette responds by sending Philippe into exile by the threat of death (293). Afterward, the French Revolution seems to end (295).

In June of 1791, the Royalists counter the Revolutionists, and Lafayette and Adrienne find themselves somewhere in between (316). The king goes missing shortly after accepting the constitutional monarchy, but his...