Memoirs of the Marchioness de La Rochejaquelein [Paperback]

A fascinating eyewitness account of the French Revolution and Vend?en revolt, published in 1815, and reissued in an 1827 translation.This eyewitness account of the Royalist revolt in La Vend?e against the French Revolution was first published in 1815 by the widow of two Royalist generals. Written for her children, it has great immediacy and remains a valuable historical source. This 1827 edition includes a preface by Sir Walter Scott.This eyewitness account of the Royalist revolt in La Vend?e against the French Revolution was first published in 1815 by the widow of two Royalist generals. Written for her children, it has great immediacy and remains a valuable historical source. This 1827 edition includes a preface by Sir Walter Scott.Marie-Louise Victoire de Donnissan, Marquise de la Rochejaquelein (17721857) was brought up at Versailles, a god-daughter to Louis XVI. At the outbreak of the French Revolution, she married her cousin, the Marquis de Lescure. After the execution of the king, she accompanied Lescure to La Vend?e where a Royalist insurrection was waged from 1793 to 1796. Widowed in 1793, she later married Lescure's cousin, Louis, Marquis de La Rochejacquelein, brother of one of the Royalist leaders. Her memoir, first published in 1815 and translated and reprinted many times, remains one of the most authentic records of this period. Although understandably partisan, she reports atrocities carried out by both sides with great immediacy. This reissue is taken from the 1827 Edinburgh edition, with a preface by Sir Walter Scott. Scott draws parallels between the Vend?en insurrection and the civil war in Scotland waged by the Covenanters.Preface; Dedication; 1. My birth; 2. The 10th of August; 3. Description of the Bocage; 4. Commencement of the war; 5. Retreat of the army of Anjou; 6. The Vendeens ocupy Bressuire; 7. Thouars, Parthenay, and Chataigneraie taken; 8. Formation of the Superior Council; 9. Taking of Angers; 10. Retaking of Chatillon; 11. Arrival ofl£Œ