Written in 1801 for her son, the Duchesse de Duras recalls retiring with her parents, the Maréchal de Mouchy and his wife, to their estate in 1792, their arrests, and her own confinement in prison after prison during the Terror. Eyewitness accounts of July 1794 are added.
A quiet, devout and harrowing record of the Revolution from inside its prisons. Download the free EPUB.