A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795
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Letters dated from 1792 to 1795 place Charlotte Biggs's account amid the French Revolution. Their headings move between Arras, Amiens, Rouen and Paris, while the volume combines observations of French manners with reflections on public events. Prepared for publication by John Gifford, the collection records a period in which questions of liberty and government were inseparable from daily life.
The editor's preliminary remarks give the work a clear political frame. He challenges favorable British accounts of the revolution and argues that the French authorities have betrayed their declared principles. A quoted report from Paris describes suspicion, informers and weakened social trust. Readers interested in correspondence and European history can study how personal observation, national loyalties and political argument meet in an account written close to the events it discusses.
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- Charlotte Biggs
- Reading time
- About 29 hours
- Pages
- 931
- Language
- English
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- European History
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