{"product_id":"memoirs-of-the-marchioness-de-la-rochejaquelein-paperback-9781108025805","title":"Memoirs of the Marchioness de La Rochejaquelein (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108025805","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMemoirs of the Marchioness de La Rochejaquelein\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating eyewitness account of the French Revolution and Vendéen revolt, published in 1815, and reissued in an 1827 translation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarie-Louise-Victoire Marquise de La Rochejaquelein (Author), Walter Scott (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108025805, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e386 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMarie-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 Vendée 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 Vendéen insurrection and the civil war in Scotland waged by the Covenanters.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Dedication\u003cbr\u003e 1. My birth\u003cbr\u003e 2. The 10th of August\u003cbr\u003e 3. Description of the Bocage\u003cbr\u003e 4. Commencement of the war\u003cbr\u003e 5. Retreat of the army of Anjou\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Vendeens ocupy Bressuire\u003cbr\u003e 7. Thouars, Parthenay, and Chataigneraie taken\u003cbr\u003e 8. Formation of the Superior Council\u003cbr\u003e 9. Taking of Angers\u003cbr\u003e 10. Retaking of Chatillon\u003cbr\u003e 11. Arrival of M. de Tinteniac\u003cbr\u003e 12. Battles of La Roche Erigne, martigne, Doue, Thouars, Coron, Beaulieu, Torfou, Montaigu, St. Fulgent\u003cbr\u003e 13. Battle of Moulin aux Chevres\u003cbr\u003e 14. Passage of the Loire\u003cbr\u003e 15. Battles between Laval and Chateau-Gonthier\u003cbr\u003e 16. Arrival of two emigrants sent from England\u003cbr\u003e 17. Battle of Dol\u003cbr\u003e 18. Return to La Fleche\u003cbr\u003e 19. Attempt to repass the Loire\u003cbr\u003e 20. Hospitality of the Bretons\u003cbr\u003e 21. Abode at the Chateau of Dreneuf\u003cbr\u003e 22. The amnesty\u003cbr\u003e 23. An account of the fate of the different Vendeen officers who continued the war\u003cbr\u003e Supplement.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266008338712,"sku":"9781108025805","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108025805i_23052a08-701d-4e12-9f71-78385fea420b.jpg?v=1694873378","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/memoirs-of-the-marchioness-de-la-rochejaquelein-paperback-9781108025805","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}