In Popular Culture
Camille Desmoulins is among the central characters in the following works of fiction:
- A Place of Greater Safety (1993) by Hilary Mantel.
- The Gods are Thirsty (1996) by Tanith Lee.
- Danton (film; 1982) dir. Andrzej Wajda.
- The Danton Case (play; 1929) by Stanislawa Przybyszewska
- La Révolution française (film/miniseries; 1989)
- A Far Better Rest (2000) by Susanne Alleyn
- Madame Tussaud (2011) by Michelle Moran
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