HISTORY IN THE TEXT: "Quatrevingt-Treize" and the French Revolution -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Children Belong with Their Mother -- 2. Meanwhile the Sun Is Rising -- 3. Pastoraland Historical Discourse: Some Absolutes Are More Absolute than Others -- 4. Il y a des mots qui font vivre -- 1. What we have here is a failure to communicate. -- 2. Ou on en a eu -- 5. Can a Good Deed Be a Bad Deed? -- 6. The Impotence of Speech -- 7. Those Parisians Storming Heaven -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography.