Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire

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Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet 1920
English
  • Part 1 Ch 1: Childhood of Mlle Dillon
  • Part 1 Ch 2: Death of Mme Dillon
  • Part 1 Ch 3: Visits to Languedoc
  • Part 1 Ch 4: Matrimonial Projects
  • Part 1 Ch 5: The Marriage Preliminaries
  • Part 1 Ch 6: Marriage and Presentation at Court
  • Part 1 Ch 7: First Season in Society
  • Part 1 Ch 8: Eve of the Revolution
  • Part 1 Ch 9: Fall of the Bastille
  • Part 1 Ch 10a: Versailles Invaded by the Mob
  • Part 1 Ch 10b: Versailles Invaded by the Mob
  • Part 1 Ch 11: Visit to Switzerland
  • Part 1 Ch 12a: Residence in Holland
  • Part 1 Ch 12b: Residence in Holland
  • Part 1 Ch 13: Flight to Bordeaux
  • Part 1 Ch 14: Life at Bordeaux
  • Part 1 Ch 15: Decision to Leave France
  • Part 1 Ch 16: Voyage to Boston
  • Part 2 Ch 1: Arrival in America
  • Part 2 Ch 2: The Farm near Albany
  • Part 2 Ch 3: Country Life
  • Part 2 Ch 4: A Visit to New York
  • Part 2 Ch 5a: Departure for Europe
  • Part 2 Ch 5b: Departure for Europe
  • Part 2 Ch 6: Visit to Paris
  • Part 2 Ch 7a: Exile in England
  • Part 2 Ch 7b: Exile in England
  • Part 2 Ch 8: Life at Richmond
  • Part 2 Ch 9: Return to Paris
  • Part 2 Ch 10: Life at Le Bouilh
  • Part 2 Ch 11: The Emperor at Bordeaux
  • Part 2 Ch 12: The Prefecture at Brussels
  • Part 2 Ch 13: Visit of the Emperor
  • Part 2 Ch 14: An Audience with Napoleon
  • Part 2 Ch 15: Return of the King
  • Part 2 Ch 16: The First Restoration
  • Postscript
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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