The Memiors of Madame Roland: A Heroine of the French Revolution - Softcover

Madame Roland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155921015X ISBN 13: 9781559210157

Publisher: Beaufort Books, 2007

Synopsis

This is the first modern English translation of the memoirs of an important French revolutionary figure, who wrote them in 1793 while awaiting execution by the Jacobin-controlled government. Approximately half of the pages concern the author's upbringing in a Parisian bourgeois family and her marriage to the bureaucrat Jean-Marie Roland de la Platiere; the remainder discusses the period from 1789 to 1793, when she and her husband were leaders of the Girondin party. Madame Roland was devoted to her spouse and always gave him full credit for work in which she was a full partner, including the inspection of manufacturers under the Old Regime and the post of minister of the interior during parts of 1792 and 1793. Her memoirs provide glimpses into the daily life of the period and sharp portraits of several revolutionary leaders. --Library Journal 1992

About this title

About the Author:

Madame Roland, admired and respected by her peers, as well as by public figures such as Stendhal, Sainte-Beuve, Carlyle and Goethe, a was also vehemently disliked by many. She was a woman of formidable character, unusually pious and studious as a child and outspokenly republican quite early in life. As an adult she was high-principled and serious, and remained so all the way up the steps of the scaffold on her way to public execution.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: Beaufort Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 155921015X
• ISBN 13: 9781559210157
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 263