An Episode of The French Revolution or The Life of Mme. Mole.

One of the Sisters.

Publication Date: 1938

About this Item

An Episode of the French Revolution or The Life of Madame Mole. Foundress of the Sisters of Charity St. Louis. By One of the Sisters according to the express wish of Reverend Mother Marie de Jesus. No publishers name is given but the printer is Samuel Walker of Leicester and the preface is dated 1938. Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. A soft cover book with tan paper cover and black lettering. The frontispiece shows a photographic image of Madame Mole taken from a painting and photograph of Reverend Mother Marie de Jesus, Superior General between the years of 1906-27 has been pasted onto the title page . To the left of this photograph 'Reverend Mother Marie de Jesus' is written in ink, and to the right 'Habit adopted in 1833'. This may be The Reverend Mother's signature or may be that of another making known the subject of the photograph. Within 23 chapters detail Madame Mole's life as wife and mother in Paris prior to the Revolution, the death of her husband on the counter-revolutionary charges, and her struggle to found the convent at St. Louis. The preface is by William, Bishop of Clifton. A letter from Jean Marie Bishop of Vannes, dated 1880, recommends the book as being full of attraction and edification'. Condition: Near Fine. The cover is tanned. '4pm' is written in pencil on the front and two small dark marks are on the back. The pages within and end block are a little marked by the faintest spots of foxing. A correction has been made to the caption that accompanies a photograph in the book. The pages are un-thumbed and hardly worn at the corners. The binding remains tight.

Seller Inventory # 000225

Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Episode of The French Revolution or The Life of Mme. Mole.
• Publication Date: 1938
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 238 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)