Les Filles Publiques sous la Terreur D'après les rapports de la police secrète, des documents nouveaux et des pièces inédites tirées des Archives Nationales

Delving into the shadowy corners of revolutionary Paris, this work uncovers the bustling world of public prostitution during the Terror. Drawing on secret‑police reports, newly released documents, and unpublished archival papers, the author reconstructs a vivid tableau of a city where political fervor and illicit commerce collided. The narrative treats the material with meticulous care, allowing the raw details of surveillance files and court records to speak for themselves.

Listeners will be drawn into the daily lives of the women who inhabited the cafés, brothels, and alleys that pulsed beneath the revolutionary fervor. The book paints their struggles, ambitions, and the paradox of a regime that espoused moral virtue while tolerating, even exploiting, their presence. By foregrounding these overlooked testimonies, the study offers a fresh perspective on the social fabric of the era, revealing how personal desire and state terror intertwined in the streets of 1793‑94 Paris.