CHAPTER ONE | 1 | CHAPTER TWO | 10 | CHAPTER THREE | 18 | CHAPTER FOUR | 23 | CHAPTER FIVE | 30 | CHAPTER SIX | 45 | CHAPTER SEVEN | 52 | CHAPTER EIGHT | 59 | CHAPTER NINE | 65 | CHAPTER TEN | 74 | CHAPTER ELEVEN | 88 | CHAPTER TWELVE | 99 | CHAPTER THIRTEEN | 105 | CHAPTER FOURTEEN | 120 | CHAPTER FIFTEEN | 126 | CHAPTER SIXTEEN | 136 | CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | 144 | CHAPTER EIGHTEEN | 152 | CHAPTER NINETEEN | 162 | CHAPTER TWENTY | 173 | CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE | 180 | CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO | 185 | CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE | 194 | CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR | 202 | CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE | 214 | CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX | 226 | CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN | 234 | CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT | 241 | CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE | 256 | CHAPTER THIRTY | 263 | CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE | 271 | CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO | 277 | CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE | 282 | CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR | 289 | CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE | 300 | CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX | 307 | CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN | 311 | CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT | 326 | CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE | 335 |
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Madame Roland. Her Infancy. Her Personal Appearance. Early |
Abilities. Habits. Her Father's House. Future HÉloÏse. Influence |
of Birth in Society. Her Impression of the Court. Has many Suitors. |
M. Roland. His Career. Their Marriage. Mode of Life. La PlatiÈre. |
Country Life. Madame Roland's Love for Mankind. The |
Rolands in Paris. Interview with Brissot. Reunion at Roland's. |
Madame Roland and Robespierre. Her Opinion of him. Her Anxiety |
for his Safety | 272 |
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BOOK IX. |
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New Assembly. Roland's Position. De Molleville. M. de Narbonne. |
Treachery of the Girondists. Narbonne's Policy and Success. |
His Popularity. Robespierre his sole Opponent. Robespierre's Desire |
for Peace. His Views. His Rupture with the Girondists. His |
Speech against War. Louvet's Reply. Brissot's Efforts | 296 |
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BOOK X. |
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Committee of the Girondists. Its Report. GensonnÉ. His Reply. |
Guadet. Vergniaud's Proclamation. Constitutionalists for War. Narbonne's |
Report. The Pamphleteers. Unpopularity of the Veto. Outbreak |
at Avignon. Jourdan. San Domingo. Negro Slavery. Men of |
Colour. OgÉ. His Execution. Insurrection of the Blacks at San |
Domingo. Increase of Disorder. The AbbÉ Fauchet. His Career. |
Charges against him. Riot in Caen Cathedral. Insurrection at Mende. |
National Guard drives out the Troops. Insubordination. Universal |
Bloodshed. The Swiss Soldiers. Their Revolt pardoned. ChÉnier's |
Remonstrance. Dupont de Nemours. PÉtion's Weakness. Robespierre's |
Interference. Gouvion. Couthon. Triumph of the Swiss Soldiers | 312 |
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BOOK XI. |
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Increasing Disturbances. Murder of Simoneau. Duc d'Orleans. |
His peculiar Position. The Duchesse d'Orleans. Duc disliked at |
Court. Forms the Palais Royal. Madame de Genlis. Her Talents. |
The Duke Citizen. Mirabeau's Estimate of the Duke. La Fayette's |
Interference with the Duc d'Orleans. Plans of the Girondists. Duc |
d'Orleans made Admiral. His Declaration. Details. Avoided by the |
King's Friends. Becomes a Jacobin. Vergniaud's great Eloquence. |
His powerful Appeal. Its Effects | 352 |
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BOOK XII. |
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The Emperor Leopold. De Lessart's Despatch. His Impeachment. |
De Narbonne's Dismissal. Death of Leopold. Supposed to be poisoned. |
His Vices and Virtues. Conspiracy. Assassination. Ankastroem. |
Death of Gustavus. Joy of the Jacobins. Brissot's Policy. Accusation |
of M. de Lessart. Roland and the Girondist Ministry | 377 |
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BOOK XIII. |
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Dumouriez's Talent and Aptitude. Education and Acquirements. |
Favier. Corsica. Paoli. Dumouriez sent to Poland. Stanislaus Policy. |
Dumouriez at Cherbourg. His Tact; Appearance. Dumouriez |
and Madame Roland. Roland's Vanity. His Opinion of the King. |
His Wife's Sagacity. Dumouriez in favour with the King. His Interview |
with the Queen. His Advice. Bonnet Rouge. Dumouriez and |
Robespierre. PÉtion and the Bonnet Rouge. The King's Letter. Treachery |
of the Girondists. Roland's Letter to the King. Letter of the |
Girondist Chiefs. Dumouriez's Policy. Danton. Hatred of Robespierre |
and Brissot. Camille Desmoulins. Brissot's Attack on Robespierre. |
Guadet. Robespierre's Defence | 396 |
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BOOK XIV. |
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Quarrel between Girondists and Jacobins. Violence of the Journals. |
Marat's atrocious Writings. Duke of Brunswick. Mirabeau's Opinion |
of him. Dumouriez's Plan. The King himself proposes War. Slight |
Opposition. Condorcet's Manifesto. War declared. State of Belgium. Revolt. |
German Confederation. French Nobility and EmigrÉs. Comte de |
Provence. Comte d'Artois. Mallet-Dupan, the King's |
Confidant | 436 |
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BOOK XV. |
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Dumouriez's Tactics. Servan's Proposition. Change of Ministry. |
Dumouriez's Infidelity. Another Change of Ministers. Dumouriez |
quits Paris. Barbaroux. Madame Roland's Plans for a Republic. |