Madame Récamier, From the French of Édouard Herriot 1
Madame Récamier, From the French of Édouard Herriot 1
Alys Hallard
The book Madame Récamier, From the French of Édouard Herriot 1 was written by author Alys Hallard Here you can read free online of Madame Récamier, From the French of Édouard Herriot 1 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Madame Récamier, From the French of Édouard Herriot 1 a good or bad book?
What reading level is Madame Récamier, From the French of Édouard Herriot 1 book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
de Stael's despair. — M. de Barante's discharge. — Mme. B^camier decides to go to Coppet. Ballakche, in his unpublished Biographie de Mme. Ricamier^ gives us certain information about Juliette^s life in Paris about file year 1810, which explains to us why the severities of the Empire were soon to affect her. " The illustrious persons of old and new France,^ he tells us, ^^ seemed to come to her in search of a neutral and friendly ground, and more than once even, during this strange time when th...e greatest des- tinies were constantly to be seen tottering, kings and princes did not fear to meet there men of every rigime^ and of every opinion. In her presence pretensions became inoffensive, and memories lost their bitterness. She received all the van- quished ones, and remained faithful to all those who were oppressed. At her house were to be met the de Mont- morencys, whose courageous independence has been per- petuate by Mme. de Stael ; Camille Jordan, who had alreiEuly proved himself so noble an orator and so generous a citizen ; the Duke d"" Abrantes, brave among the brave ; and Bemadotte, 206 MADAME R^CAMIER the adventurous General who was soon to mount the throne of an adventurous king.
User Reviews: