Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire

About this film

LibriVox recording of Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire by Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet. (Translated by Walter Geer.) Read in English by Barbara Baker An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of the Revolution, of her life in exile (partly in Upstate New York) and of the court of Napoleon Bonaparte. This famous historically valuable memoir, written for her son, ends with Napoleon's return from Elba in 1815. (Summary by barbara2) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook 01-20 (174MB) M4B Audiobook 21-37 (172MB)

Directors & creators

Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;french revolution; napoleonic empire

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