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Cover of Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire

Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire

Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet

Length
12 h 36 min
Chapters
37
Language
English
First published
1920

An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of the Revolution, of her life in exile (partly in Upstate New York) and of the court of Napoleon Bonaparte. This famous historically valuable memoir, written for her son, ends with Napoleon's return from Elba in 1815. (Summary by barbara2)

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