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Corday travels to Paris

When
9 July 1793
Where
Hôtel de Providence, Paris
Part of
Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat

Corday left her aunt in Caen on 9 July 1793 and travelled to Paris, lodging at the Hôtel de Providence.

On 9 July 1793 Corday left her aunt, carrying a copy of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, and went to Paris, where she took a room at the Hôtel de Providence. The journey set the stage for her audience with Marat four days later.

Sources

  1. Charlotte Corday Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25

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