Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire

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.

By : Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet (1770 - 1853),Translated by Walter Geer (1857 - 1937)

01 - Part 1 Ch 1: Childhood of Mlle Dillon 02 - Part 1 Ch 2: Death of Mme Dillon 03 - Part 1 Ch 3: Visits to Languedoc 04 - Part 1 Ch 4: Matrimonial Projects 05 - Part 1 Ch 5: The Marriage Preliminaries 06 - Part 1 Ch 6: Marriage and Presentation at Court 07 - Part 1 Ch 7: First Season in Society 08 - Part 1 Ch 8: Eve of the Revolution 09 - Part 1 Ch 9: Fall of the Bastille 10 - Part 1 Ch 10a: Versailles Invaded by the Mob 11 - Part 1 Ch 10b: Versailles Invaded by the Mob 12 - Part 1 Ch 11: Visit to Switzerland 13 - Part 1 Ch 12a: Residence in Holland 14 - Part 1 Ch 12b: Residence in Holland 15 - Part 1 Ch 13: Flight to Bordeaux 16 - Part 1 Ch 14: Life at Bordeaux 17 - Part 1 Ch 15: Decision to Leave France 18 - Part 1 Ch 16: Voyage to Boston 19 - Part 2 Ch 1: Arrival in America 20 - Part 2 Ch 2: The Farm near Albany 21 - Part 2 Ch 3: Country Life 22 - Part 2 Ch 4: A Visit to New York 23 - Part 2 Ch 5a: Departure for Europe 24 - Part 2 Ch 5b: Departure for Europe 25 - Part 2 Ch 6: Visit to Paris 26 - Part 2 Ch 7a: Exile in England 27 - Part 2 Ch 7b: Exile in England 28 - Part 2 Ch 8: Life at Richmond 29 - Part 2 Ch 9: Return to Paris 30 - Part 2 Ch 10: Life at Le Bouilh 31 - Part 2 Ch 11: The Emperor at Bordeaux 32 - Part 2 Ch 12: The Prefecture at Brussels 33 - Part 2 Ch 13: Visit of the Emperor 34 - Part 2 Ch 14: An Audience with Napoleon 35 - Part 2 Ch 15: Return of the King 36 - Part 2 Ch 16: The First Restoration 37 - Postscript