Coffret: History and Chocolate

My friend gave me a box of French chocolates from a shop 
        which bears the name of the woman who came to be known 
as  the Angel of the Assassination— In her twenties, so sure of what 
        she'd concluded was her mission in this life: plunge a kitchen 
knife into the breast of a journalist and revolutionary leader during 
       the French Revolution, as he sat in his bathtub working on a proof 
of his newspaper L'Ami du peuple. A copy of the blood-stained page 
       is digitized and can be viewed in the National Library of France. 
Accounts say she did not even try to flee the scene. She believed 
       her one act of violence could help stem the rising tide of a more 
widespread violence.  It did not seem to have that effect. There are 
       many tales about her, including how her skull after decapitation 
was passed around then bought by a dealer of curiosities who  
       liked to unveil it on a serving plate at his table, during dessert.