how would you start an introductry page on the french revolution?

Answer 1

I'd start with the issue of freedom and death .. something like ...

In their search for freedom some people will go to extraordinary lengths, even losing their perspective of what they are looking for. This is the case with the French Revolution.

Or something like that ....

Answer 2

"It was the best if times; it was the worst of times." Dickens said it all in that one sentence.

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