France from Behind the Veil: Fifty Years of Social and Political Life

France from Behind the Veil: Fifty Years of Social and Political Life

While this volume has been passing through the press certain of the personages still living at the time Count Vassili was at work on the manuscript of France from Behind the Veil have passed away. In such instances the publishers have thought well to bring the manuscript right up to date, leaving the reader to understand that events happening in 1914, and therefore subsequent to the Counts death, have been so treated.{vii}{vi} Towards the end of the year 1868 I arrived in Paris. I had often before been in the great city, but had never occupied any official position there. Now, however, having been appointed secretary to our (Russian) embassy, I consequently enjoyed special privileges, not the least being opportunity to watch quite closely the actors in what was to prove one of the greatest dramas of modern history. I had many acquaintances in Paris, but these belonged principally to the circle known still by the name of Faubourg St. Germain, for I had never frequented the Imperialistic world. Consequently I found myself thrown in quite a different milieu, and had to forgo a great many of my former friends, who would not have cared to receive in their houses one who now belonged to the intimate coterie of the Tuileries. In a certain sense I felt sorry; but on the other hand I discovered that the society in which I now found myself was far more pleasant, and certainly far more amusing, than my former circle. To a young man such as I was at that time, this last consideration, of course, was most attractive. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 61359
Author: Radziwill, Catherine
Release Date: Feb 9, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English