The Reign of Terror (Volume 1); A Collection of Authentic Narratives of the Horrors Committed by the Revolutionary Government of France Under Marat and Robespieere Written by Eye-Witnesses of the Scenes
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The Reign of Terror (Volume 1); A Collection of Authentic Narratives of the Horrors Committed by the Revolutionary Government of France Under Marat and Robespieere Written by Eye-Witnesses of the Scenes

The Reign of Terror (Volume 1); A Collection of Authentic Narratives of the Horrors Committed by the Revolutionary Government of France Under Marat and Robespieere Written by Eye-Witnesses of the Scenes


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SOME OF THE BITTER FRUITS OF THE REVOLUTION AND A FEEBLE SKETCH OF THE DAYS OF THE SECOND. AND THIRD OF SEPTEMBER, 179 Us s'abreuvcnt de sang, et le snng let altire. They bathe in blood, and blood tenders them athint. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE MADEMOISELLE DE PAYSAC The narration which we are about to present to the reader was furnished by M. de St. Meard, who received it himself from the courageous woman by whom it was written. Its author, Mademoiselle de Paysac, born in Le Perigord, about the year 1750, had married M. de Pars, Marquis of Fausse- Lendry. She was unfortunately living in Paris, with Madame de Rastignac, her mother, and Abbe Chapt de Rastignac, her uncle, during the fatal days of September. When this worthy and estimable ecclesiastic, whose virtues and religious sentiments the tyrants wished to punish, was torn from his family, Madame de Fausse-Lendry solicited and obtained permission to go and visit him in prison. As heroic as, but less fortunate than, Mademoiselle Cazotte and Mademoiselle de Sombreuil, she had not the happiness to rescue from the murderers their destined victim. The devoted tenderness of Madame de Fausse-Lendry could not save her uncle. The revolution gave her a further and more agonizing cause for grief. Madame la Marquise de Rastignac, her mother, soon afterwards was brought to the scaffold. Overwhelmed by these cruel events, Madame de Fausse-Lendry would, doubtlessly, have been condemned in her turn, had it not been for the revolution of the 9 Thermidor. That day, which saved her life, could not, however, alleviate her misery. The dreadful deprivations she had experienced in the execution of her mother andher uncle, strengthened her attachment to the cause for which they had perished. She shared the transports of joy w...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217845717
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 88
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217845711
  • Publisher Date: 02 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 172 gr


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