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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Bastille (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | This myth-making began on July 17, 1789 with the publication of the Révolutions de Paris with a colourful description of the attack and an entirely false description of the many prisoners freed. |
| | Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu |
| | The propaganda value of the Bastille was quickly seized upon, notably by the showy entrepreneur Pierre-François Palloy, "Patriote Palloy." The fate of the Bastille was uncertain, but Palloy was quick to establish a claim, organising a force of 500 demolition men around the site on the 15th. |
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