An Englishwoman living in northern France writes letters from Arras, Lille, Amiens, Péronne and Soissons as the Revolution turns from monarchy to republic and then to the Terror. As a foreign national she is arrested and held in a house of detention in Arras, and her letters record shortages, denunciations, requisitions and the moods of ordinary people.
An eyewitness record of provincial France in revolution, valued by historians of the period. Download the free EPUB.