Prison Journals During the French Revolution

Prison Journals During the French Revolution

I was put under arrest, together with my father and mother, on August 23, 1793, at our chteau of Mouchy-le-Chtel, in the Department of the Oise. I was taken to the prison at Saint-Franois Beauvais, in the old convent, on the 6th of October of the same year and to that at Chantilly on the 20th of the same month. There I remained until the 5th of April, 1794, when I was transferred to Paris, to the Collge du Plessis, from which I was liberated on the 19th of the following October. The period of my confinement in different prisons during the Reign of Terror was so harassing that the idea of writing out its details did not then occur to me; but when I had the consolation of seeing my son once more, he was desirous of learning all about it. I feared that I should be overcome by my feelings if I tried to relate the details to him, and consequently determined to write the following memoirs. My parents retired to their estate of Mouchy-le-Chtel, in the Department of the Oise, in the month of September, 1792. I accompanied them thither, and was their sole companion. They resolved, from prudential motives, to receive visits from no one. This privation cost my father nothing, for he was naturally shy, though the positions he had occupied had forced him to live constantly in the great world. My mother, who loved him dearly, accustomed herself to retirement with submission to the will of Providence, with the naturally happy disposition maintained through all the events of her life. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 46750
Author: Duras, Louise Henriette Charlotte Philippine (de Noailles) de Durfort
Release Date: Sep 1, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Carey, Martha Ward, 1837-