How historically accurate is it?

[philsopheperdue]

Namely... did the planners of the Revolution really call themselves "Jacques?" If Louis XV was the trigger of the French Revolution why isn't he a main character in the novel, instead of Monseigneur?

[Boris239]

The noves is not historically accurate at all. "jacques" was the name of all common French. And Louis XV wasn't the trigger of the french revolution anyway- there is a huge number of different reasons: political, economical and social that led to the revolution.

Dickens mostly used Carlyle's account of the revolution and there is a huge number of mistakes there. Plus Carlyle was British and very unsympathetic to the revolution. Robespierre `by his descriptions is worth than Satan :)

[philsopheperdue]

Thanks, that helps.