TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. THE ARCHIVES.
CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF THE BASTILLE.
CHAPTER III. LIFE IN THE BASTILLE.
CHAPTER IV. THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK.
CHAPTER V. MEN OF LETTERS IN THE BASTILLE.
CHAPTER VI. LATUDE.
CHAPTER VII. THE FOURTEENTH OF JULY.
INDEX
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LEGENDS OF THE BASTILLE
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Model of the Bastille, carved in one of the Stones of the Fortress. One of these models, made by the instructions of the architect Palloy, was sent to the chief-town of every department in France.
Model of the Bastille, carved in one of the Stones of the Fortress.
One of these models, made by the instructions of the architect Palloy, was sent to the chief-town of every department in France.
Legends of
the Bastille
BY
FRANTZ FUNCK-BRENTANO
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY VICTORIEN SARDOU
AUTHORISED TRANSLATION BY
GEORGE MAIDMENT
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
DOWNEY & CO. Limited
1899
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Legendes et Archives de la Bastille. Paris: Hachette et Cie., 1898; second edition, 1899. Crowned by the French Academy.
Die Bastille in der Legende und nach historischen Documenten. German translation by Oscar Marschall von Bieberstein. Breslau: Schottlaender, 1899.
