| Memoirs of the Marchioness de La Rochejaquelein Contributor(s): Marquise de la Rochejaquelein, Marie-Lou (Author), Marquise de la Rochejaquelein (Author), Scott, Walter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108025803 ISBN-13: 9781108025805 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 944.04 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection: History (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.08 lbs) 386 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Marie-Louise Victoire de Donnissan, Marquise de la Rochejaquelein (1772-1857) 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. |