Letter by Marat murderer Corday bought by Normandy institutions

A letter of justification by the woman who assassinated the French Revolutionary journalist and politician Jean-Paul Marat has been bought by a group of Normandy institutions at auction.

In the letter Corday laid out her reasons for her actions on July 13, 1793, when she entered Marat’s…

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