Description
Book SynopsisThis eyewitness account of the Royalist revolt in La Vendée against the French Revolution was first published in 1815 by the widow of two Royalist generals. Written for her children, it has great immediacy and remains a valuable historical source. This 1827 edition includes a preface by Sir Walter Scott.
Table of ContentsPreface; Dedication; 1. My birth; 2. The 10th of August; 3. Description of the Bocage; 4. Commencement of the war; 5. Retreat of the army of Anjou; 6. The Vendeens ocupy Bressuire; 7. Thouars, Parthenay, and Chataigneraie taken; 8. Formation of the Superior Council; 9. Taking of Angers; 10. Retaking of Chatillon; 11. Arrival of M. de Tinteniac; 12. Battles of La Roche Erigne, martigne, Doue, Thouars, Coron, Beaulieu, Torfou, Montaigu, St. Fulgent; 13. Battle of Moulin aux Chevres; 14. Passage of the Loire; 15. Battles between Laval and Chateau-Gonthier; 16. Arrival of two emigrants sent from England; 17. Battle of Dol; 18. Return to La Fleche; 19. Attempt to repass the Loire; 20. Hospitality of the Bretons; 21. Abode at the Chateau of Dreneuf; 22. The amnesty; 23. An account of the fate of the different Vendeen officers who continued the war; Supplement.
