The Private Memoirs of Madame Roland, Annotated
Author | : Marie-Jeanne Roland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2016-10-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 1539819914 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781539819912 |
Rating | : 4/5 (912 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Private Memoirs of Madame Roland, Annotated written by Marie-Jeanne Roland and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Madame Marie-Jeanne Roland, who with her husband, rose to a high position in the Girondist (more moderate than the opposing Jacobins) political party of the French Revolution. When the Jacobins took power with their extreme radical ideas, many Girondists were sent to the guillotine, Madame Roland among them. Her memoirs were written over a five month period while imprisoned in Paris. Supplementary material explores her romantic involvement with follow revolutionary, Leonard Buzot.