Download or read book Legends of the Bastille written by Frantz Funck-Brentano and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legends of the Bastille is a book by Frantz Funck-Brentano. The Bastille was a fortress in Paris used as a state prison. Stormed by a crowd during the French Revolution in the late 18th century, it became a symbol for the republic and also for having imprisoned several notable French freethinkers.