The most powerful members of Parisian society met in a small back room at the Palace of Versailles. They met at the venerable palace, now under construction, because their safety and security were in question, and they needed to defend, not only their wealth and property, but also their lives. It was a tense moment at the Republic’s Convention, because not only were they in danger of being unable to stop the Rebellion, but they would easily die if the Royalists crashed the gates of Paris, killed them, confiscated their holdings, and took hold of the reigns of power.The Republic’s military, although honorable and war-hardened, wouldn’t stand a chance against the mass of thirty-thousand Royalists who gathered at the gates. The Convention had only five-thousand troops. The lousy British broug
