The Ghost of the Bastille: One people, one place, one memory

By Arthur Montclair

The Ghost of the Bastille
One People, One Place, One Memory.

From the morning of July 14, 1789, to today's protests, the Place de la Bastille has echoed with the hopes, anger, tears, and songs of the French people. This moving narrative follows the journey of tienne, a young apprentice carpenter who becomes an invisible witness to History. Fictional yet deeply human, he crosses revolutions, empires, republics, and silences, carving wood as one carves memory.

The Ghost of the Bastille is not an ordinary history book. It is a vivid fresco, an ode to the forgotten, the nameless, those who will never have a statue but whose voices still resonate in the streets of Paris. Through tienne's eyes, popular memory comes alive - in the cobblestones, the cries, the dreams, and the dust.

A historical, poetic, and committed novel, where History takes flesh, and each era echoes the next.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F7G7T64D
• ISBN13: 9798282351651
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"