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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antionette, Queen of France - Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen (Annotated)

Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan

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Description:This digital book includes an annotated bibliography of historic autobiographies and biographies (added 2011).PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR.Louis XVI. possessed an immense crowd of confidants, advisers, and guides;he selected them even from among the factions which attacked him. Never,perhaps, did he make a full disclosure to any one of them, and certainlyhe spoke with sincerity, to but very few. He invariably kept the reins ofall secret intrigues in his own hand; and thence, doubtless, arose thewant of cooperation and the weakness which were so conspicuous in hismeasures. From these causes considerable chasms will be found in thedetailed history of the Revolution.In order to become thoroughly acquainted with the latter years of thereign of Louis XV., memoirs written by the Duc de Choiseul, the Ducd'Aiguillon, the Marechal de Richelieu, and the Duc de La Vauguyon,should be before us.[I heard Le Marechal de Richelieu desire M. Campan, who was librarian tothe Queen, not to buy the Memoirs which would certainly be attributed tohim after his death, declaring them false by anticipation; and adding thathe was ignorant of orthography, and had never amused himself with writing.Shortly after the death of the Marshal, one Soulavie put forth Memoirs ofthe Marechal de Richelieu.]To give us a faithful portrait of the unfortunate reign of Louis XVI.,the Marechal du Muy, M. de Maurepas, M. de Vergennes, M. de Malesherbes,the Duc d'Orleans, M. de La Fayette, the Abby de Vermond, the AbbeMontesquiou, Mirabeau, the Duchesse de Polignac, and the Duchesse deLuynes should have noted faithfully in writing all the transactions inwhich they took decided parts. The secret political history of a laterperiod has been disseminated among a much greater number of persons;there are Ministers who have published memoirs, but only when they hadtheir own measures to justify, and then they confined themselves to thevindication of their own characters, without which powerful motive theyprobably would have written nothing. In general, those nearest to theSovereign, either by birth or by office, have left no memoirs; and inabsolute monarchies the mainsprings of great events will be found inparticulars which the most exalted persons alone could know. Those whohave had but little under their charge find no subject in it for a book;and those who have long borne the burden of public business conceivethemselves to be forbidden by duty, or by respect for authority, todisclose all they know. Others, again, preserve notes, with theintention of reducing them to order when they shall have reached theperiod of a happy leisure; vain illusion of the ambitious, which theycherish, for the most part, but as a veil to conceal from their sightthe hateful image of their inevitable downfall! and when it does atlength take place, despair or chagrin deprives them of fortitude todwell upon the dazzling period which they never cease to regret.Louis XVI. meant to write his own memoirs; the manner in which hisprivate papers were arranged indicated this design. The Queen also hadthe same intention; she long preserved a large correspondence, and a greatnumber of minute reports, made in the spirit and upon the event of themoment. But after the 20th of June, 1792, she was obliged to burn thelarger portion of what she had so collected, and the remainder wereconveyed out of France.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antionette, Queen of France - Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen (Annotated). To get started finding Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antionette, Queen of France - Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen (Annotated), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This digital book includes an annotated bibliography of historic autobiographies and biographies (added 2011).PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR.Louis XVI. possessed an immense crowd of confidants, advisers, and guides;he selected them even from among the factions which attacked him. Never,perhaps, did he make a full disclosure to any one of them, and certainlyhe spoke with sincerity, to but very few. He invariably kept the reins ofall secret intrigues in his own hand; and thence, doubtless, arose thewant of cooperation and the weakness which were so conspicuous in hismeasures. From these causes considerable chasms will be found in thedetailed history of the Revolution.In order to become thoroughly acquainted with the latter years of thereign of Louis XV., memoirs written by the Duc de Choiseul, the Ducd'Aiguillon, the Marechal de Richelieu, and the Duc de La Vauguyon,should be before us.[I heard Le Marechal de Richelieu desire M. Campan, who was librarian tothe Queen, not to buy the Memoirs which would certainly be attributed tohim after his death, declaring them false by anticipation; and adding thathe was ignorant of orthography, and had never amused himself with writing.Shortly after the death of the Marshal, one Soulavie put forth Memoirs ofthe Marechal de Richelieu.]To give us a faithful portrait of the unfortunate reign of Louis XVI.,the Marechal du Muy, M. de Maurepas, M. de Vergennes, M. de Malesherbes,the Duc d'Orleans, M. de La Fayette, the Abby de Vermond, the AbbeMontesquiou, Mirabeau, the Duchesse de Polignac, and the Duchesse deLuynes should have noted faithfully in writing all the transactions inwhich they took decided parts. The secret political history of a laterperiod has been disseminated among a much greater number of persons;there are Ministers who have published memoirs, but only when they hadtheir own measures to justify, and then they confined themselves to thevindication of their own characters, without which powerful motive theyprobably would have written nothing. In general, those nearest to theSovereign, either by birth or by office, have left no memoirs; and inabsolute monarchies the mainsprings of great events will be found inparticulars which the most exalted persons alone could know. Those whohave had but little under their charge find no subject in it for a book;and those who have long borne the burden of public business conceivethemselves to be forbidden by duty, or by respect for authority, todisclose all they know. Others, again, preserve notes, with theintention of reducing them to order when they shall have reached theperiod of a happy leisure; vain illusion of the ambitious, which theycherish, for the most part, but as a veil to conceal from their sightthe hateful image of their inevitable downfall! and when it does atlength take place, despair or chagrin deprives them of fortitude todwell upon the dazzling period which they never cease to regret.Louis XVI. meant to write his own memoirs; the manner in which hisprivate papers were arranged indicated this design. The Queen also hadthe same intention; she long preserved a large correspondence, and a greatnumber of minute reports, made in the spirit and upon the event of themoment. But after the 20th of June, 1792, she was obliged to burn thelarger portion of what she had so collected, and the remainder wereconveyed out of France.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antionette, Queen of France - Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen (Annotated). To get started finding Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antionette, Queen of France - Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen (Annotated), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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