Heroines of French Society / in the Court, the Revolution, the Empire and the Restoration

HEROINES OF FRENCH SOCIETY

Frontispiece MADAME LE BRUN Painted by herself. Uffizi, Florence

IN THE COURT, THE REVOLUTION THE EMPIRE, AND THE RESTORATION
By Mrs. Bearne Author of “A Queen of Napoleon’s Court,” “Early Valois Queens,” etc., etc.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY 31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET MCMVII
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THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO ANNA AND KATE

IN the histories of the four women whose lives are here related, I have tried, as far as is possible in the limited space, to give an idea of the various ways in which the Revolutionary tempest at the close of the eighteenth century and the eventful years which preceded and followed it, affected, and were regarded by, persons of the different parties and classes to which they belonged.