Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna

Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna

The childs mother died in giving it birth. The father only survived the beloved young wife for a little while, and feeling his end to be near, confided the orphan to the head of his family, the Marquis de Chambonas (Scipion-Charles-Victor Auguste de La Garde), camp-marshal (equivalent to the presentxiv grade of general of brigade), and subsequently a minister of Louis XVI.3 M. de Chambonas took charge of the infant, looking upon it as a second son, and treating it with the most constant affection. Consequently in all his works, and in his Unpublished Notes, Auguste de La Garde always refers by the name of father to the relative who had replaced his dead parents.4 During his early childhood, he was often entrusted to his godmother, Mme. de Villers.5 She was the friend of Mme. Bernard, the wife of the Lyons banker, whose daughter was to attain such great celebrity under the name of Mme. Rcamier. Brought up together, as it were, these two children conceived for each other a sincere affection, which neither time nor distance ever cooled. When, on his return from foreign parts, Auguste de La Garde came to Parisxv in 1801, he at once took up his abode at Mme. Rcamiers, who, moreover, gave him the support so necessary to the youthful wanderer who possessed no resources of his own. Hence, it will cause no surprise to meet in the Recollections of the Congress of Vienna with pages breathing a profound sense of gratitude to Mme. Rcamier. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 54061
Author: La Garde-Chambonas, Auguste Louis Charles
Release Date: Jan 27, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Editor: Fleury, Maurice, comte, 1856-1921

Translator: Vandam, Albert D. (Albert Dresden), 1843-1903