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Not by Bread Alone

A Short Story of the French Revolution

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Not by Bread Alone

By: Debra Borchert
Narrated by: Kathryn Clark
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Many causes contributed to the French Revolution, one of which was the unfairly levied salt tax: La Gabelle. Peasants resorted to smuggling salt to feed their starving families. Many women and children were arrested and imprisoned. Not by Bread Alone is one family’s tale of survival.

©2020 Debra Borchert (P)2020 Debra Borchert Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction French Revolution
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Great character development and well paced with vivid descriptions. I learned about pre-French Revolution and the unfair salt tax. The main character, Madame Dumont, struggles to feed her family - she figures out how to subvert the system just to survive. Loved this short story and look forward to Ms. Borchert's upcoming trilogy about the French Revolution.

Female ingenuity & survival pre-French Revolution

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