Hebert's Le Père Duchesne was a newspaper little disposed to moderation, if judged by the reputation of its author in the historiography. But it must be remembered that this newspaper did not contain the same political content in 1790 as in the Year II, that Herbert himself did not always expound “exaggerated” ideas, and that, like others, his career attests to a process of political radicalization from the very beginning of the Revolution. In his newspaper, Hebert delighted in using literary forms inspired by the theater ; thus numerous issues were essentially short plays, in one or several parts, in which he introduces heroes and other personages. Among these, he recounts on more than one occasion the visits, invited or not, of the Pere Duchesne to the King or the Queen. These successive royal visits offer a good insight into the political development of Hebert, his popular “marchand de fourneaux” (oven merchant), replacing little by little – and not without reservations – his “bons avis” or good advice imparted to the royal couple in favor of more and more acerbic and ultimately murderous criticism.