Franois de Chateaubriand

Mmoires doutre-tombe

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Contents

Testamentary Preface 1833........................................................................... 28 Book I: Chapter 1: Origins............................................................................ 33 Book I: Chapter 2: Birth of my brothers and sisters - I arrive in the world. 43 Book I: Chapter 3: Plancout A Vow Combourg My fathers scheme for my education La Villeneuve Lucile Mesdemoiselles Couppart A bad scholar .................................................................................................... 45 Book I: Chapter 4: Life of my maternal grandmother and her sister at Plancout My uncle the Comte de Bede, at Monchoix Release from my nurses vow ................................................................................................... 49 Book I: Chapter 5: Gesril Hervine Magon The fight with the two ships boys ............................................................................................................... 60 Book I: Chapter 6: A note from Monsieur Pasquier Dieppe A change in my education Spring in Brittany Ancient Forest Pelagian Fields Moonset over the sea .................................................................................... 65 Book I: Chapter 7: Departure for Combourg A description of the Chteau....................................................................................................................... 68 Book II: Chapter 1: The School at Dol Mathematics and Languages The nature of my memory.................................................................................... 72 Book II: Chapter 2: Holidays at Combourg Life in a provincial chteau Feudal customs The inhabitants of Combourg .......................................... 75 Book II: Chapter 3: Holidays again at Combourg The Conti Regiment Camp at Saint-Malo An Abbey The Theatre My two eldest sisters marriages Return to school A revolution begins in my ideas................. 78 Book II: Chapter 4: The adventure of the magpie Three holidays at Combourg The charlatan Return to school............................................ 83 Book II: Chapter 5: Invasion of France Games The Abb de Chateaubriand ............................................................................................... 87 Book II: Chapter 6: First Communion I leave Dol College ...................... 89 Book II: Chapter 7: Mission at Combourg Rennes College I meet Gesril again Moreau Limolan My third sisters marriage ............................ 92 Book II: Chapter 8: I am sent to Brest to take the Navy examination The Port of Brest I meet Gesril again La Prouse I return to Combourg ... 96 Book II: Chapter 9: A Walk The Ghost of Combourg .............................. 99 Book II: Chapter 10: College at Dinan Broussais I return to my parents house ........................................................................................................... 101 Book III: Chapter 1: Life at Combourg Days and Evenings ................... 103 Book III: Chapter 2: My keep..................................................................... 107

Book III: Chapter 3: The passage from childhood to adulthood................ 109 Book III: Chapter 4: Lucile......................................................................... 110 Book III: Chapter 5: First breath of the Muse ............................................ 112 Book III: Chapter 6: A manuscript of Luciles........................................... 113 Book III: Chapter 7: The last lines written at the Valle-aux-Loups A disclosure concerning my secret life........................................................... 115 Book III: Chapter 8: Phantom of love ........................................................ 117 Book III: Chapter 9: Two years delirium Occupations and dreams........ 119 Book III: Chapter 10: My autumn joys....................................................... 121 Book III: Chapter 11: Incantation............................................................... 122 Book III: Chapter 12: Temptation .............................................................. 124 Book III: Chapter 13: Illness I am afraid and refuse to enter into the ecclesiastical state A planned passage to India ....................................... 126 Book III: Chapter 14: A moment in my native town Memory of La Villeneuve and the tribulations of my childhood I am recalled to Combourg Last interview with my father I enter the service -Farewell to Combourg ................................................................................................... 128 Book IV: Chapter 1: Berlin Potsdam Frederick ................................... 131 Book IV: Chapter 2: My Brother My Cousin Moreau My sister the Comtesse de Farcy ...................................................................................... 135 Book IV: Chapter 3: Julie in society Dinner Pommereul Madame de Chastenay.................................................................................................... 138 Book IV: Chapter 4: Cambrai The Navarre Regiment La Martinire.. 141 Book IV: Chapter 5: My fathers death ...................................................... 143 Book IV: Chapter 6: Regrets Would my father have appreciated me? ... 145 Book IV: Chapter 7: Return to Brittany A stay with my eldest sister My brother summons me to Paris...................................................................... 147 Book IV: Chapter 8: My solitary life in Paris ............................................ 149 Book IV: Chapter 9: Presentation at Versailles Hunting with the King . 154 Book IV: Chapter 10: Trip to Brittany Garrison in Dieppe Return to Paris with Lucile and Julie.......................................................................... 159 Book IV: Chapter 11: Delisle de Sales Flins Life of a man of letters.. 162 Book IV: Chapter 12: Men of letters Portraits ........................................ 164 Book IV: Chapter 13: The Rosanbo family Monsieur de Malesherbes: his predilection for Lucile Appearance and transformation of my Sylph..... 169 Book V: Chapter 1: First political stirrings in Brittany A glance at the history of the Monarchy.............................................................................. 172 Book V: Chapter 2: Constitution of the States of Brittany The meeting of the States ..................................................................................................... 176

Book V: Chapter 3: The royal revenues in Brittany Revenues peculiar to the province The fouage (feudal tax) I attend my first political meeting A Scene ....................................................................................................... 179 Book V: Chapter 4: My mother retires to Saint-Malo................................ 181 Book V: Chapter 5: Receiving the tonsure - The environs of Saint-Malo . 183 Book V: Chapter 6: The ghost - Illness ...................................................... 185 Book V: Chapter 7: The States of Brittany in 1789 Insurrection The death of Saint-Riveul, my friend from college..................................................... 187 Book V: Chapter 8: The year 1789 Journey from Brittany to ParisTurmoil along the way How Paris looked Dismissal of Monsieur Necker Versailles The gaiety of the Royal Family - General insurrection The taking of the Bastille ................................................................................... 190 Book V: Chapter 9: The effect on the Court of the taking of the Bastille The heads of Foulon and Bertier ................................................................ 194 Book V: Chapter 10: The recall of Monsieur Necker The debate of the 4th August 1789 The Day of the 5th October The King is brought to Paris..................................................................................................................... 196 Book V: Chapter 11: The Constituent Assembly ....................................... 198 Book V: Chapter 12: Mirabeau................................................................... 199 Book V: Chapter 13: The sessions of the National Assembly - Robespierre..................................................................................................................... 203 Book V: Chapter 14: Society How Paris appeared.................................. 205 Book V: Chapter 15: What I did in the midst of all this chaos My solitary days Mademoiselle Monet With Monsieur de Malesherbes I decide on my plan for a voyage to America Bonaparte and I, unknown second-lieutenants The Marquis de La Rourie I embark at Saint-Malo Last thoughts on leaving my native land ............................................................ 209 Book VI: Chapter 1: Prologue .................................................................... 215 Book VI: Chapter 2: Ocean Passage........................................................... 220 Book VI: Chapter 3: Francis Tulloch Christopher Columbus - Camons..................................................................................................................... 225 Book VI: Chapter 4: The Azores The Island of Graciosa ....................... 227 Book VI: Chapter 3: Ocean customs The Island of Saint-Pierre............. 230 Book VI: Chapter 6: The Virginian Coast The setting sun Peril I land in America Baltimore The passengers disperse - Tulloch.................... 235 Book VI: Chapter 7: Philadelphia General Washington ......................... 239 Book VI: Chapter 8: Comparison of Washington and Bonaparte.............. 242 Book VII: Chapter 1: Journey from Philadelphia to New-York and Boston - Mackenzie ................................................................................................... 245

Book VII: Chapter 2: The Hudson River A passengers recital Mr Swift Departure for Niagara Falls with a Dutch guide Monsieur Violet ....... 247 Book VII: Chapter 3: My savage outfit Hunting The Carcajou or Wolverine The Muskrat Water dogs Insects Montcalm and Wolfe 250 Book VII: Chapter 4: Encampment by the Lake of the Onondagas Arabs The Indian and the cow............................................................................... 251 Book VII: Chapter 5: An Iroquois The Sachem of the Onondagas Velly and the Franks A ceremony of hospitality The Ancient Greeks .......... 253 Book VII: Chapter 6: Journey from the Lake of the Onondagas to the River Genesee Bees Clearings Hospitality A bed A rattlesnake charmed by a flute ..................................................................................................... 256 Book VII: Chapter 7: An Indian Family Night in the forest The family departs The savages of Niagara Falls Captain Gordon Jerusalem ... 258 Book VII: Chapter 8: Niagara Falls A rattlesnake I fall over the edge of the gorge...................................................................................................... 260 Book VII: Chapter 9: Twelve days in a cabin Changing customs among the savages Birth and death Montaigne Song of the adder The little Indian girl, the original of Mila .................................................................. 263 Book VII: Chapter 10: DIGRESSIONS - Ancient Canada The Indian population The decline of customs The true civilisation spread by religion; the false civilisation spread by trade The Mtis or Burnt-woods The Wars between the Companies The death of the Indian languages... 265 Book VII: Chapter 11: The former French possessions in America Regrets Obsession with the past A note from Francis Conyngham .................. 268 Book VIII: Chapter 1: The Lakes of Canada A fleet of Indian canoes The history of the rivers ..................................................................................... 270 Book VIII: Chapter 2: The Course of the Ohio .......................................... 272 Book VIII: Chapter 3: The Fountain of Youth Muskogees and Seminoles..................................................................................................................... 275 Book VIII: Chapter 4: Two Floridian Women ........................................... 277 Book VIII: Chapter 5: The nature of the young Musgokee ladies The Kings arrest at Vincennes I interrupt my travels to return to Europe .... 281 Book VIII: Chapter 6: Potential risks for the United States ....................... 289 Book VIII: Chapter 7: Return to Europe - Shipwreck............................... 293 Book IX: Chapter 1: I go to seek my mother at Saint-Malo The progress of the Revolution My marriage.................................................................... 297 Book IX: Chapter 2: Paris Old and new knowledge Abb Barthlemy Saint-Ange The Theatre........................................................................... 302 Book IX: Chapter 3: The changing face of Paris The Cordeliers Club Marat ........................................................................................................... 304

Book IX: Chapter 4: Danton Camille Desmoulins Fabre dglantine. 310 Book IX: Chapter 5: Monsieur Malesherbes opinion concerning my emigration ................................................................................................... 314 Book IX: Chapter 6: I gamble and lose - An adventure in a fiacre (four-wheeled cab) Madame Roland The Gate of LErmitage The Second Federation of the 14th July Preparations for Emigration ........................ 316 Book IX: Chapter 7: I and my brother emigrate Saint-Louis adventure We cross the frontier................................................................................... 320 Book IX: Chapter 8: Brussels Dinner with the Baron de Breteuil - Rivarol Departure for the Army of the Princes The route Encounter with the Prussian Army I arrive at Trves ............................................................. 323 Book IX: Chapter 9: The Army of the Princes The Roman amphitheatre - Atala Henry IV and his shirts .................................................................. 327 Book IX: Chapter 10: A Soldiers life The last appearance of the old army of France ..................................................................................................... 329 Book IX: Chapter 11: The Siege of Thionville begins The Chevalier de La Baronnais .................................................................................................... 331 Book IX: Chapter 12: Continuation of the siege Contrasts Saints in the woods the Battle of Bouvines On patrol An unexpected encounter The effects of cannonballs and shells ......................................................... 334 Book IX: Chapter 13: The Camps marketplace ........................................ 337 Book IX: Chapter 14: Night by the weapon stacks Dutch dogs Remembrance of the martyrs Who my companions were in the forward positions Eudore Ulysses...................................................................... 340 Book IX: Chapter 15: The passage of the Moselle Combat Libba the deaf-mute The attack on Thionville......................................................... 342 Book IX: Chapter 16: The lifting of the siege Entry into Verdun The Prussian sickness (dysentery) Retreat Smallpox .................................. 345 Book X: Chapter 1: The Ardennes ............................................................. 348 Book X: Chapter 2: The Prince de Lignes wagons The women of Namure I find my brother again in Brussels Our last farewell .......................... 351 Book X: Chapter 3: Ostend The crossing to Jersey I am landed on Guernsey The pilots wife Jersey My uncle De Bede and his family A description of the island The Duc de Berry Friends and relatives lost The misfortune of growing old I cross to England My last meeting with Gesril........................................................................................................... 354 Book X: Chapter 4: The Literary Fund An attic in Holborn The worsening of my health A visit to the doctors migrs in London...... 360 Book X: Chapter 5: Peltier Literary effort My friendship with Hingant Our walks A night in Westminster Cathedral.......................................... 362

Book X: Chapter 6: Distress Unforeseen help A lodging over a cemetery New friends in misfortune Our pleasures My cousin La Boutardais..................................................................................................................... 366 Book X: Chapter 7: A sumptuous reception The end of my forty crowns Fresh misery - Table dhte Bishops Dining at the London Tavern Camdens manuscripts................................................................................ 369 Book X: Chapter 8: My provincial occupations My brothers death Family misfortunes Two Frances Hingants letters.............................. 371 Book X: Chapter 9: Charlotte ..................................................................... 376 Book X: Chapter 10: Return to London ..................................................... 379 Book X: Chapter 11: An astonishing encounter......................................... 381 Book XI: Chapter 1: A defect in my character ........................................... 384 Book XI: Chapter 2: The Essai historique sur les Rvolutions Its effect A letter from Lemire, the nephew of the poet............................................... 387 Book XI: Chapter 3: Fontanes Clry ....................................................... 393 Book XI: Chapter 4: The death of my mother Return to Religion.......... 401 Book XI: Chapter 5: Le Gnie du Christianisme A letter from the Chevalier de Panat ...................................................................................... 403 Book XI: Chapter 6: My uncle, Monsieur de Bede His eldest daughter406 Book XII: Chapter 1: DIGRESSIONS: English Literature The withering away of the old schools Historians Poets Publicists - Shakespeare .. 408 Book XII: Chapter 2: DIGRESSIONS: Old Novels New novels Richardson Walter Scott .......................................................................... 412 Book XII: Chapter 3: DIGRESSIONS: The new poetry Beattie ............ 414 Book XII: Chapter 4: DIGRESSIONS: Lord Byron .................................. 416 Book XII: Chapter 5: England from Richmond to Greenwich A trip with Peltier Blenheim Stowe Hampton Court Oxford Eton College Private life; political life Fox Pitt Burke George III....................... 422 Book XII: Chapter 6: The migrs return to France The Prussian Minister grants me a false passport under the name of Lassagne, a resident of Neuchtel, in Switzerland The end of my career as a soldier and traveller I land at Calais ............................................................................................ 430 Book XIII: Chapter 1: My stay in Dieppe Two societies ........................ 432 Book XIII: Chapter 2: The stage my Memoirs have reached..................... 434 Book XIII: Chapter 3: The year 1800 The scene in France I arrive in Paris............................................................................................................. 435 Book XIII: Chapter 4: The year 1800 My life in Paris............................ 439 Book XIII: Chapter 5: A change in society ................................................ 441 Book XIII: Chapter 6: My life in 1801 Le Mercure - Atala.................... 443 Book XIII: Chapter 7: The year 1801 Madame de Beaumont: her set.... 447

Book XIII: Chapter 8: The year 1801 Summer at Savigny ..................... 453 Book XIII: Chapter 9: The year 1802 Talma .......................................... 456 Book XIII: Chapter 10: The years 1802 and 1803 Le Gnie du Christianisme Disaster predicted The reason for ultimate success ...... 458 Book XIII: Chapter 11: Le Gnie du Christianisme, continued The faults of the work .................................................................................................. 463 Book XIV: Chapter 1: The years 1802 and 1803 Chteaux Madame de Custine Monsieur de Saint-Martin Madame dHoudetot and Saint-Lambert ....................................................................................................... 467 Book XIV: Chapter 2: Travels in the French Midi (1802)......................... 472 Book XIV: Chapter 3: The years 1802 and 1803 Monsieur de Laharpe: his death............................................................................................................ 483 Book XIV: Chapter 4: The years 1802 and 1803 Interview with Napoleon..................................................................................................................... 485 Book XIV: Chapter 5: The year 1803 I am named as First Secretary to the Embassy in Rome ....................................................................................... 487 Book XIV: Chapter 6: The year 1803 Journey from Paris to the Savoy Alps ............................................................................................................. 489 Book XIV: Chapter 7: From Mont Cenis to Rome Milan and Rome ..... 492 Book XIV: Chapter 8: Cardinal Feschs palace My tasks....................... 495 Book XV: Chapter 1: The year 1803 Madame de Beaumonts manuscripts The letters of Madame de Caud............................................................... 497 Book XV: Chapter 2: Madame de Beaumonts arrival in Rome A letter from my sister ............................................................................................. 502 Book XV: Chapter 3: A letter from Madame de Krdner.......................... 505 Book XV: Chapter 4: The death of Madame de Beaumont ....................... 506 Book XV: Chapter 5: The Funeral.............................................................. 509 Book XV: Chapter 6: The year 1803: Letters fom Monsieur Chnedoll, Monsieur de Fontanes, Monsieur Necker, and Madame de Stal .............. 511 Book XV: Chapter 7: The years 1803 and 1804: The first idea of my Memoirs I am named Minister of France for the Valais Departure from Rome ........................................................................................................... 516 Book XVI: Chapter 1: The year 1804 The Valais Republic A visit to the Tuileries Palace The Htel de Montmorin I hear of the death of the Duc dEnghien I hand in my resignation......................................................... 521 Book XVI: Chapter 2: The Death of the Duc dEnghien ........................... 527 Book XVI: Chapter 3: The Year 1804........................................................ 534 Book XVI: Chapter 4: General Hulin......................................................... 538 Book XVI: Chapter 5: The Duc de Rovigo ................................................ 542 Book XVI: Chapter 6: Monsieur de Talleyrand ......................................... 547

Book XVI: Chapter 7: Their various roles ................................................. 550 Book XVI: Chapter 8: Bonaparte: his sophistry and remorse.................... 552 Book XVI: Chapter 9: What should be concluded from all this Enmities created by the death of the Duc dEnhien................................................... 555 Book XVI: Chapter 10: An article in Le Mercure The change in Bonapartes existence ................................................................................. 557 Book XVI: Chapter 11: Chantilly Deserted ............................................... 559 Book XVII: Chapter 1: The year 1804 I take up residence in the Rue de Miromesnil Verneuil Alexis de Tocqueville Le Mesnil Mzy - Mrville ..................................................................................................... 561 Book XVII: Chapter 2: Madame de Coislin ............................................... 563 Book XVII: Chapter 3: A journey to Vichy, through Auvergne, to Mont-Blanc ........................................................................................................... 567 Book XVII: Chapter 4: Return to Lyons .................................................... 572 Book XVII: Chapter 5: Trip to the Grande-Chartreuse.............................. 574 Book XVII: Chapter 6: The death of Madame de Caud (Lucile)............... 576 Book XVIII: Chapter 1: The years 1805 and 1806 I return to Paris I leave for the Levant .................................................................................... 584 Book XVIII: Chapter 2: From Constantinope to Jerusalem I embark at Constantinople on a ship carrying Greek pilgrims to Syria ....................... 589 Book XVIII: Chapter 3: From Tunis to my return to France via Spain ..... 597 Book XVIII: Chapter 4: Reflection on my Travels The Death of Julien 606 Book XVIII: Chapter 5: The Years 1807, 1808, 1809 and 1810 An article in the Mercury, June 1807 I buy the Valle-Aux-Loups and retreat there..................................................................................................................... 608 Book XVIII: Chapter 6: Les Martyrs.......................................................... 613 Book XVIII: Chapter 7: Armand de Chateaubriand................................... 617 Book XVIII: Chapter 8: The Years 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814 Publication of the Itinerary A letter from Cardinal de Bausset The death of Chnier I am received as a member of the Academy The matter of my speech The Decennial Prize.................................................................................... 622 Book XVIII: Chapter 9: LEssai sur les Rvolutions Les Natchez......... 629 Book XIX: Chapter 1: Bonaparte ............................................................... 634 Book XIX: Chapter 2: Bonaparte His Family ......................................... 636 Book XIX: Chapter 3: The Corsican branch of the Bonapartes specifically..................................................................................................................... 639 Book XIX: Chapter 4: Bonapartes birth and childhood............................ 641 Book XIX: Chapter 5: Bonapartes Corsica ............................................... 645 Book XIX: Chapter 6: Paoli........................................................................ 652 Book XIX: Chapter 7: Two pamphlets....................................................... 654

Book XIX: Chapter 8: A Captains brevet ................................................. 655 Book XIX: Chapter 9: Toulon .................................................................... 656 Book XIX: Chapter 10: The Days of Vendmiaire .................................... 663 Book XIX: Chapter 11: The Days of Vendmiaire - Continued................ 665 Book XIX: Chapter 12: The Italian Campaign........................................... 668 Book XIX: Chapter 13: The Congress of Rastadt Napoleons return to France Napoleon is named Commander of the Army against England He leaves on the Egyptian Expedition ............................................................. 673 Book XIX: Chapter 14: Malta The Battle of the Pyramids Cairo Napoleon inside the Great Pyramid Suez. ............................................... 676 Book XIX: Chapter 15: The Armys opinion............................................. 682 Book XIX: Chapter 16: The Syrian Campaign .......................................... 684 Book XIX: Chapter 17: Return to Egypt The Conquest of Upper Egypt 694 Book XIX: Chapter 18: The Battle of Aboukir Napoleons notes and letters He returns to France The 18th Brumaire ................................... 696 Book XX: Chapter 1: The position of France on Bonapartes return from the Egyptian Campaign..................................................................................... 702 Book XX: Chapter 2: The Consulate: A fresh invasion of Italy The Thirty-Day Campaign The Victory of Hohenlinden The Peace of Luneville . 704 Book XX: Chapter 3: The Peace of Amiens The breaking of the Treaty Bonaparte created Emperor ........................................................................ 707 Book XX: Chapter 4: Empire: The Coronation The Kingdom of Italy... 709 Book XX: Chapter 5: The Invasion of Germany Austerlitz The Peace Treaty of Pressbourg The Sanhedrin ....................................................... 710 Book XX: Chapter 6: The Fourth Coalition Prussia vanishes The Berlin Decree War against Russia continues in Poland Tilsit A plan to divide the world between Napoleon and Alexander Peace ................................ 714 Book XX: Chapter 7: The War in Spain Erfurt The Emergence of Wellington................................................................................................... 717 Book XX: Chapter 8: Pius VII The Union of the Roman States with France..................................................................................................................... 722 Book XX: Chapter 9: The sovereign Pontiffs protest He is removed from Rome ........................................................................................................... 725 Book XX: Chapter 10: The Fifth Coalition The Capture of Venice The Battle of Essling The Battle of Wagram Peace signed in the Emperor of Austrias palace Divorce Napoleon marries Marie-Louise The birth of the King of Rome........................................................................................ 732 Book XX: Chapter 11: Plans and preparations for the War on Russia Napoleons embarrassment......................................................................... 736

Book XX: Chapter 12: The Emperor undertakes his Russian expedition Objections Napoleons mistake ............................................................... 739 Book XX: Chapter 13: The meeting in Dresden Bonaparte reviews his army and arrives on the banks of the Niemen ............................................ 743 Book XXI: Chapter 1: The Invasion of Russia Vilna Wibicki, the Polish Senator The Russian Parlimentarian Balashov Smolensk Murat Platovs son................................................................................................. 745 Book XXI: Chapter 2: The Russian retreat The Borysthenes Bonapartes obsession Kutuzov succeeds Barclay in command of the Russian Army The Battle of Moscow or Borodino Bulletin The appearance of the battlefield .................................................................................................... 749 Book XXI: Chapter 3: Extract from the eighteenth bulletin of the Grand Army ........................................................................................................... 753 Book XXI: Chapter 4: The French advance Rostopchin Bonaparte on Salutation Hill The View of Moscow Napoleon enters the Kremlin The Burning of Moscow Bonaparte reaches the Petrovsky Palace with difficulty Rostopchins proclamation A halt among the ruins of Moscow Bonapartes pastimes ............................................................................... 757 Book XXI: Chapter 5: Retreat .................................................................... 768 Book XXI: Chapter 6: Smolensk The Retreat continued ........................ 775 Book XXI: Chapter 7: Smolensk The Crossing of the Berezina............. 778 Book XXI: Chapter 8: A verdict on the Russian Campaign The last bulletin of the Grand Army Bonapartes return to Paris The Senate Address ....................................................................................................... 783 Book XXII: Chapter 1: The ills of France Forced celebrations A sojourn in my Valley The Legitimacy awakes ..................................................... 786 Book XXII: Chapter 2: The Pope at Fontainebleau ................................... 788 Book XXII: Chapter 3: Defections The deaths of Lagrange and Delille 790 Book XXII: Chapter 4: The Battles of Ltzen, Bautzen and Dresden Reverses in Spain........................................................................................ 791 Book XXII: Chapter 5: The Campaign in Saxony, or the Campaign of The Poets ............................................................................................................ 793 Book XXII: Chapter 6: The Battle of Leipzig Bonapartes return to Paris the Treaty of Valenay................................................................................ 797 Book XXII: Chapter 7: The Legislature convened Then adjourned The Allies cross the Rhine Bonapartes anger New Years Day 1814........ 799 Book XXII: Chapter 8: The Pope set at liberty .......................................... 801 Book XXII: Chapter 9: Notes which became the pamphlet: De Bonaparte et des Bourbons I take an apartment on the Rue de Rivoli The notable Campaign of 1814 in France....................................................................... 803

Book XXII: Chapter 10: I begin printing my pamphlet A note from Madame de Chateaubriand ......................................................................... 806 Book XXII: Chapter 11: War at the gates of Paris The appearance of Paris Battle at Belleville The Flight of Marie-Louise and the Regency Monsieur de Talleyrand remains in Paris ................................................... 808 Book XXII: Chapter 12: The proclamation of General the Prince Schwarzenberg Alexanders speech The capitulation of Paris............. 811 Book XXII: Chapter 13: The Allies enter Paris. ........................................ 813 Book XXII: Chapter 14: Bonaparte at Fontainebleau The Regency at Blois..................................................................................................................... 816 Book XXII: Chapter 15: The publication of my pamphlet De Bonaparte et Des Bourbons.............................................................................................. 818 Book XXII: Chapter 16: The Senate issue the Decree of Deposition ........ 825 Book XXII: Chapter 17: The Htel de la Rue Saint-Florentin Monsieur de Talleyrand ................................................................................................... 828 Book XXII: Chapter 18: The Proclamations of the Provisional Government The Constitution proposed by the Senate ................................................ 829 Book XXII: Chapter 19: The arrival of the Comte dArtois Bonapartes abdication at Fontainebleau ........................................................................ 831 Book XXII: Chapter 20: Napoleons Journey to the Isle of Elba............... 833 Book XXII: Chapter 21: Louis XVIII at Compigne His entry into Paris The Old Guard An Irreparable Fault The Declaration of Saint-Ouen The Treaty of Paris The Charter Departure of the Allies ..................... 842 Book XXII: Chapter 22: The first year of the Restoration......................... 846 Book XXII: Chapter 23: Were the Royalists to blame for the Restoration?..................................................................................................................... 848 Book XXII: Chapter 24: First Minister I publish Rflexions Politiques Madame la Duchesse de Duras I am named as Ambassador to Sweden 850 Book XXII: Chapter 25: The exhumation of the remains of Louis XVI My first 21st of January at Saint-Denis............................................................. 853 Book XXII: Chapter 26: The Island of Elba............................................... 856 Book XXIII: Chapter 1: The Commencement of The Hundred Days The return from Elba.......................................................................................... 860 Book XXIII: Chapter 2: The Legitimacy in a state of torpor Benjamin Constants article Marshal Soults order of the day A Royal session The Petition of the Law School to the Chamber of Deputies..................... 862 Book XXIII: Chapter 3: A plan for the defence of Paris............................ 866 Book XXIII: Chapter 4: The flight of the King I leave with Madame de Chateaubriand Problems on the way The Duc dOrlans and the Prince

de Cond Tournai, Brussels Memories The Duc de Richelieu The King halts at Ghent and summons me ........................................................ 871 Book XXIII: Chapter 5: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT The King and his council I become interim Minister of the Interieur Monsieur de Lallay-Tollendal Madame the Duchesse de Duras Marshal Victor The Abb Louis and Comte Beugnot The Abb Montesquiou Dining on white fish: guests ........................................................................................ 874 Book XXIII: Chapter 6: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT, CONTINUED The Ghent Moniteur My report to the King: the effect of that report in Paris Falsification............................................................... 878 Book XXIII: Chapter 7: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT, CONTINUED The Beguinage How I was received A grand dinner Madame de Chateaubriands trip to Ostend My lifes echoes Anvers A Stammerer Death of a young English girl ................................................ 880 Book XXIII: Chapter 8: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT, CONTINUED Unusual activity at Ghent The Duke of Wellington Monsieur Louis XVIII ............................................................................. 882 Book XXIII: Chapter 9: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT, CONTINUED Historical memories in Ghent Madame the Duchesse dAngouleme arrives in Ghent Monsieur de Sze Madame the Duchesse de Lvis....................................................................................................... 884 Book XXIII: Chapter 10: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT, CONTINUED The Pavillon Marsans equivalent at Ghent Monsieur Gaillard, Councillor to the Royal Court A secret visit by Madame la Baronne de Vitrolles A note from Monsieur Fouch ........................... 887 Book XXIII: Chapter 11: EVENTS IN VIENNA Negotiations by Monsieur de Saint-Lon, Fouchs envoy A proposal regarding Monsieur the Duc dOrlans Monsieur de Talleyrand Alexanders discontent with Louis XVIII Various claims La Besnardires report An unexpected proposal to the Congress from Alexander: Lord Clancarthy causes it to fail Monsieur de Talleyrand returns: his dispatch to Louis XVIII The Declaration of Alliance, in truncated form in the official Frankfurt newspaper Monsieur de Talleyrand wishes the King to return to France via the south-east provinces Various visits to Vienna by the Prince of Benevento he writes to me at Ghent: his letter........................................ 889 Book XXIII: Chapter 12: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN PARIS The effect of the Legitimacys departure from France Bonapartes astonishment He is forced to capitulate to ideas he thought moribund His new system Three mighty players left Liberal illusions Clubs and Federations

Conjuring away the Republic: the Supplementary Act The Chamber of Representatives convened The futile Champ-De-Mai ............................ 894 Book XXIII: Chapter 13: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN PARIS, CONTINUED Bonapartes anxiety and bitterness.................................. 899 Book XXIII: Chapter 14: A Resolution in Vienna Action in Paris......... 901 Book XXIII: Chapter 15: What was going on in Ghent Monsieur de Blacas..................................................................................................................... 903 Book XXIII: Chapter 16: The Battle of Waterloo...................................... 905 Book XXIII: Chapter 17: Confusion in Ghent The reality of Waterloo . 907 Book XXIII: Chapter 18: Return of the Emperor Re-appearance of Lafayette Bonapartes fresh abdication Stormy sessions of the Chamber of Peers - Threatening omens for the Second Restoration ........................ 910 Book XXIII: Chapter 19: Departure from Ghent Arrival at Mons I lose the first chance of success in my political career Monsieur de Talleyrand at Mons A scene with the King Stupidly, I show an interest in Monsieur de Talleyrand ................................................................................................... 915 Book XXIII: Chapter 20: From Mons to Gonesse With Monsieur le Comte Beugnot I oppose Fouchs nomination as a Minister: my reasons The Duke of Wellington gains the upper hand Arnouville Saint-Denis A last conversation with the King .................................................................. 919 Book XXIV: Chapter 1: Bonaparte at Malmaison Universal desertion.. 927 Book XXIV: Chapter 2: Departure from Malmaison Rambouillet Rochefort..................................................................................................... 930 Book XXIV: Chapter 3: Bonaparte takes refuge with the English fleet He writes to the Prince Regent ......................................................................... 932 Book XXIV: Chapter 4: Bonparte aboard the Bellerephon Torbay The Act confining Bonaparte to St Helena He transfers to the Northumberland and sets sail ................................................................................................. 934 Book XXIV: Chapter 5: An assessment of Bonaparte ............................... 936 Book XXIV: Chapter 6: Bonapartes character.......................................... 941 Book XXIV: Chapter 7: Whether Bonaparte has left us in renown the equivalent of what he has taken from us by force? .................................... 945 Book XXIV: Chapter 8: The uselessness of the truths revealed above...... 947 Book XXIV: Chapter 9: The island of St Helena Bonaparte travels the Atlantic........................................................................................................ 949 Book XXIV: Chapter 10: Napoleon lands on St Helena His establishment at Longwood Precautions Life at Longwood Visits. ......................... 952 Book XXIV: Chapter 11: Manzoni Bonapartes illness Ossian Napoleons daydreams by the sea Projects of escape Bonapartes last occupation He lies down and does not rise again He dictates his will

Napoleons religious sentiments Vignali the Chaplain Napoleon argues with Antomarchi, his doctor He receives the last sacraments He dies. 955 Book XXIV: Chapter 12: Funeral rites....................................................... 960 Book XXIV: Chapter 13: The destruction of Napoleons world ............... 963 Book XXIV: Chapter 14: My last comments on Napoleon ....................... 964 Book XXIV: Chapter 15: St Helena since Napoleons death..................... 966 Book XXIV: Chapter 16: Bonapartes exhumation ................................... 968 Book XXIV: Chapter 17: My visit to Cannes ............................................ 971 Book XXV: Chapter 1: The changing world.............................................. 973 Book XXV: Chapter 2: The years 1815,1816 in my life I am appointed a Peer of France My debut at the rostrum Various speeches .................. 975 Book XXV: Chapter 3: Monarchy according to the Charter..................... 978 Book XXV: Chapter 4: Louis XVIII .......................................................... 980 Book XXV: Chapter 5: Monsieur Decazes ................................................ 982 Book XXV: Chapter 6: I am struck off the list of Ministers of State I sell my books and La Valle ............................................................................. 984 Book XXV: Chapter 7: Further speeches of mine in 1817 and 1818......... 986 Book XXV: Chapter 8: Meetings at Piets ................................................. 987 Book XXV: Chapter 9: The Conservateur ................................................. 989 Book XXV: Chapter 10: On the Morality of Material Interests and that of Duty............................................................................................................. 991 Book XXV: Chapter 11: My life in 1820 The death of the Duc de Berry..................................................................................................................... 994 Book XXV: Chapter 12: The birth of the Duke of Bordeaux The women of Bordeaux Market ........................................................................................ 997 Book XXV: Chapter 13: I assist Monsieur de Villle and Monsieur de Corbire to their first Ministry My letter to the Duc de Richelieu A note from the Duc de Richelieu and my reply A note from Monsieur de Polignac Letters from Monsieur de Montmorency and Monsieur de Pasquier....................................................................................................... 999 Book XXVI: Chapter 1: My life in 1821 The Berlin Embassy Arrival in Berlin Monsieur Ancillon The Royal Family Celebrations for Grand-Duke Nicholas marriage Berlin ............................................................ 1004 Book XXVI: Chapter 2: Ministers and Ambassadors History of the Court and society ................................................................................................ 1008 Book XXVI: Chapter 3: William Humboldt Adelbert de Chamisso..... 1010 Book XXVI: Chapter 4: Princess William The Opera A concert ...... 1013 Book XXVI: Chapter 5: My first despatches Monsieur de Bonnay...... 1015 Book XXVI: Chapter 6: The Park The Duchess of Cumberland .......... 1017 Book XXVI: Chapter 7 My despatches, continued ............................... 1022

Book XXVI: Chapter 8 A memoir I started: on Germany .................... 1027 Book XXVI: Chapter 9 Charlottenburg................................................. 1029 Book XXVI: Chapter 10 The interval between my Berlin and London Embassies The baptism of Monsieur le Duc de Bordeaux A letter to Monsieur Pasquier A letter from Monsieur de Bernstorff A letter from Monsieur Ancillon A last letter from Madame the Duchess of Cumberland................................................................................................................... 1032 Book XXVI: Chapter 11 Monsieur de Villle, Finance Minister I am appointed Ambassador to London ............................................................ 1036 Book XXVII: Chapter 1: The year 1822 First despatches from London................................................................................................................... 1037 Book XXVII: Chapter 2: A conversation with George IV regarding Monsieur Decazes The nobility of our diplomacy under the Legitimacy The Parliamentary Session........................................................................ 1041 Book XXVII: Chapter 3: English Society ................................................ 1044 Book XXVII: Chapter 4: More despatches .............................................. 1048 Book XXVII: Chapter 5: The resumption of Parliamentary activity A ball given on behalf of the Irish A duel between the Duke of Bedford and the Duke of Buckingham Dinner at Royal Lodge The Marchioness of Conyngham and her secret........................................................................ 1049 Book XXVII: Chapter 6: Portraits of the Ministers ................................. 1051 Book XXVII: Chapter 7: More of my despatches.................................... 1053 Book XXVII: Chapter 8: Discussion about the Congress of Verona A letter to Monsieur Montmorency; his reply which allows me to sense a refusal Monsieur Villles letter is more favourable I write to Madame de Duras A note from Monsieur de Villle to Madame de Duras ........................... 1055 Book XXVII: Chapter 9: The death of Lord Londonderry ...................... 1057 Book XXVII: Chapter 10: A new letter from Monsieur de Montmorency A trip to Hartwell A note from Monsieur de Villle announcing my nomination to the Congress ...................................................................... 1061 Book XXVII: Chapter 11: The end of the old England Charlotte Reflections I leave London.................................................................... 1063 Book XXVIII: Chapter 1: The deliverance of the King of Spain My dismissal.................................................................................................... 1067 Book XXVIII: Chapter 2: The Opposition follows me ............................ 1071 Book XXVIII: Chapter 3: My final diplomatic letters ............................. 1073 Book XXVIII: Chapter 4: Neuchtel in Switzerland................................ 1078 Book XXVIII: Chapter 5: The death of Louis XVIII The coronation of Charles X .................................................................................................. 1079 Book XXVIII: Chapter 6: Reception of the Knights of the Orders.......... 1082

Book XXVIII: Chapter 7: I gather my former adversaries around me My public changes........................................................................................... 1084 Book XXVIII: Chapter 8: An extract from my polemic after my fall...... 1086 Book XXVIII: Chapter 9: I refuse the pension the Minister of State wishes to pay me The Greek Committee Monsieur Mols note A letter from Canaris to his son Madame Rcamier sends me an extract from another letter My complete works ...................................................................... 1088 Book XXVIII: Chapter 10: A trip to Lausanne ........................................ 1091 Book XXVIII: Chapter 11: Return to Paris The Jesuits A Letter from Monsieur de Montlosier and my reply...................................................... 1093 Book XXVIII: Chapter 12: More of my polemics ................................... 1096 Book XXVIII: Chapter 13: A letter from General Sbastiani.................. 1098 Book XXVIII: Chapter 14: The death of General Foy The Law of Love and Justice A letter from Monsieur tienne A letter from Benjamin Constant I reach the summit of my political importance An article regarding the Kings name-day Withdrawal of the law on the policing of the press Paris illuminated Monsieur Michauds note.......................................... 1100 Book XXVIII: Chapter 15: Monsieur Villles annoyance Charles X decides to review the National Guard on the Champ-de-Mars I write to him: my letter............................................................................................ 1104 Book XXVIII: Chapter 16: The Review The disbanding of the National Guard The Elected Chamber is dissolved - The new Chamber The Refusal to Contest - The fall of Villeles ministry I contribute to the formation of the new ministry and I accept the Rome embassy............... 1107 Book XXVIII: Chapter 17: An examination of the reproach against me. 1111 Book XXVIII: Chapter 18: Madame de Stal Her first trip to Germany Madame Rcamier in Paris ....................................................................... 1117 Book XXVIII: Chapter 19: Madame de Stals return Madame Rcamier at Coppet Prince Augustus of Prussia.................................................... 1120 Book XXVIII: Chapter 20: Madame de Stals second trip Madame de Stals letter to Bonaparte The Chteau de Chaumont.......................... 1122 Book XXVIII: Chapter 21: Madame Rcamier and Monsieur de Montmorency are exiled Madame Rcamier at Chalons .................... 1125 Book XXIX: Chapter 1: Madame Rcamier ............................................ 1126 Book XXIX: Chapter 2: The Rome Embassy - Three kinds of material My Travel Journal ........................................................................................... 1136 Book XXIX: Chapter 3: Letters to Madame Rcamier ............................ 1147 Book XXIX: Chapter 4: Leo XII and the Cardinals................................. 1148 Book XXIX: Chapter 5: The Ambassadors .............................................. 1150 Book XXIX: Chapter 6: Artists ancient and modern ............................... 1152

Book XXIX: Chapter 7: Past visitors to Rome......................................... 1156 Book XXIX: Chapter 8: The present mode of life in Rome..................... 1164 Book XXIX: Chapter 9: Surroundings and countryside........................... 1167 Book XXIX: Chapter 10: A letter to Monsieur Villemain ....................... 1169 Book XXIX: Chapter 11: A letter to Madame Rcamier ......................... 1171 Book XXIX: Chapter 12: An explanation of the Memoir you are about to read............................................................................................................ 1173 Book XXIX: Chapter 13: Memoir............................................................ 1175 Book XXIX: Chapter 14: Letters to Madame Rcamier .......................... 1192 Book XXIX: Chapter 15: A despatch....................................................... 1197 Book XXIX: Chapter 16: Letters to Madame Rcamier .......................... 1203 Book XXIX: Chapter 17: A despatch to Monsieur le Comte Portalis The death of Leo XII........................................................................................ 1206 Book XXX: Chapter 1: The Rome Embassy - Continued........................ 1210 Book XXX: Chapter 2: Conclaves ........................................................... 1216 Book XXX: Chapter 3: Despatches and letters ........................................ 1222 Book XXX: Chapter 4: Further despatches and letters ............................ 1225 Book XXX: Chapter 5: The Marquis Capponi, letters and a despatch .... 1230 Book XXX: Chapter 6: Further letters and despatches ............................ 1236 Book XXX: Chapter 7: A reception for Grand-Duchess Helen at the Villa Medici ....................................................................................................... 1245 Book XXX: Chapter 8: My relations with Bonapartes family................ 1247 Book XXX: Chapter 9: Pius VII............................................................... 1251 Book XXX: Chapter 10: A despatch and a letter ..................................... 1252 Book XXX: Chapter 11: On Presumption................................................ 1254 Book XXX: Chapter 12: The French in Rome ......................................... 1259 Book XXX: Chapter 13: Walks................................................................ 1262 Book XXX: Chapter 14: My nephew, Christian de Chateaubriand ......... 1265 Book XXX: Chapter 15: A letter to Madame Rcamier .......................... 1268 Book XXXI: Chapter 1: Return to Paris from Rome My plans The King and his arrangements Monsieur Portalis Monsieur de Martignac Departure for Rome The Pyrenees Adventure ................................... 1269 Book XXXI: Chapter 2: Polignacs Ministry My dismay I return to Paris................................................................................................................... 1274 Book XXXI: Chapter 3: Interview with Monsieur Polignac I resign from the Rome Embassy.................................................................................... 1277 Book XXXI: Chapter 4: Journalistic sycophancy .................................... 1281 Book XXXI: Chapter 5: Monsieur de Polignacs first Cabinet................ 1283 Book XXXI: Chapter 6: The Expedition to Algiers ................................. 1285

Book XXXI: Chapter 7: The opening of the Session of 1830 The speech The Chamber is dissolved......................................................................... 1287 Book XXXI: Chapter 8: The new Chamber I leave for Dieppe The decrees of the 25th of July I return to Paris Reflections on the way A letter to Madame Rcamier....................................................................... 1289 Book XXXII: Chapter 1: The July Revolution: the 26th of July ............. 1294 Book XXXII: Chapter 2: The July Revolution: the 27th of July ............. 1296 Book XXXII: Chapter 3: The July Revolution: military action on the 28th of July............................................................................................................ 1299 Book XXXII: Chapter 4: The July Revolution: civil action on the 28th of July............................................................................................................ 1304 Book XXXII: Chapter 5: The July Revolution: military action on the 29th of July............................................................................................................ 1306 Book XXXII: Chapter 6: The July Revolution: civil action on the 29th of July Monsieur Baude, Monsieur de Choiseul, Monsieur de Smonville, Monsieur de Vitrolles, Monsieur Lafitte and Monsieur Thiers................ 1309 Book XXXII: Chapter 7: I write to the King at Saint-Cloud: his verbal response The aristocratic corps The pillage of the Missionaries House on Rue dEnfer.......................................................................................... 1312 Book XXXII: Chapter 8: The Chamber of Deputies Monsieur de Mortemart ................................................................................................. 1314 Book XXXII: Chapter 9: A trip through Paris General Dubourg A funeral ceremony beneath the Colonnades of the Louvre The young men carry me to the Chamber of Peers............................................................. 1317 Book XXXII: Chapter 10: The Meeting of Peers..................................... 1321 Book XXXII: Chapter 11: The Republicans The Orlanists Monsieur Thiers is sent to Neuilly Another gathering of Peers at the Grand Referendarys: the note reaches me too late............................................. 1323 Book XXXII: Chapter 12: Saint-Cloud A Scene: Monsieur le Dauphin and the Duke of Ragusa................................................................................... 1326 Book XXXII: Chapter 13: Neuilly Monsieur le Duc dOrlans Le Raincy The Prince arrives in Paris ..................................................................... 1328 Book XXXII: Chapter 14: A deputation of the Elective Chamber offers Monsieur le Duc dOrleans the Lieutenant-General-ship of the Kingdom He accepts Republican efforts ............................................................... 1331 Book XXXII: Chapter 15: Monsieur le Duc dOrleans goes to the Htel de Ville........................................................................................................... 1333 Book XXXII: Chapter 16: The Republicans at the Palais-Royal ............. 1335 Book XXXIII: Chapter 1: The King leaves Saint-Cloud Madame la Dauphine arrives at the Trianon The diplomatic corps ......................... 1338

Book XXXIII: Chapter 2: Rambouillet .................................................... 1342 Book XXXIII: Chapter 3: Opening of the Session of the 3rd of August A letter from Charles X to Monsieur le Duc dOrlans ............................... 1343 Book XXXIII: Chapter 4: The crowd departs for Rambouillet The flight of the King - Reflections ............................................................................... 1347 Book XXXIII: Chapter 5: The Palais-Royal Conversations A last political temptation Monsieur de Saint-Aulaire .................................... 1351 Book XXXIII: Chapter 6: The Republican Partys last gasp ................... 1357 Book XXXIII: Chapter 7: The 7th of August A session of the Chamber of Peers My speech I leave the Luxembourg Palace never to return My resignations ............................................................................................... 1359 Book XXXIII: Chapter 8: Charles X embarks at Cherbourg ................... 1368 Book XXXIII: Chapter 9: How the July Revolution will be viewed ....... 1370 Book XXXIII: Chapter 10: The end of my political career...................... 1375 Book XXXIV: Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................... 1378 Book XXXIV: Chapter 2: The trial of the Ministers Saint-Germain-LAuxerrois The pillaging of the arch-diocese...................................... 1380 Book XXXIV: Chapter 3: My pamphlet on The Restoration and the Elective Monarchy .................................................................................................. 1382 Book XXXIV: Chapter 4: The tudes Historiques .................................. 1386 Book XXXIV: Chapter 5: Before my departure from Paris..................... 1388 Book XXXIV: Chapter 6: Letters and verses to Madame Rcamier ....... 1389 Book XXXIV: Chapter 7: My journal for 12th July to 1st September 1831 Monsieur de Lapanouzes clerks Lord Byron Ferney and Voltaire ... 1394 Book XXXIV: Chapter 8: My journal continued Vain endeavours in Paris................................................................................................................... 1397 Book XXXIV: Chapter 9: My journal continued Messieurs Carrel and Branger.................................................................................................... 1399 Book XXXIV: Chapter 10: A song of Brangers: and my reply A return to Paris for Briquevilles proposal............................................................ 1402 Book XXXIV: Chapter 11: Baude and Briquevilles proposal regarding the banishment of the elder branch of the Bourbons...................................... 1403 Book XXXIV: Chapter 12: A letter to the author of Nemesis.................. 1407 Book XXXIV: Chapter 13: The conspiracy of the Rue des Prouvaires ... 1410 Book XXXIV: Chapter 14: Incidents of Plague....................................... 1420 Book XXXIV: Chapter 15: Cholera ......................................................... 1422 Book XXXV: Chapter 1: Madame la Duchesse de Berrys 12000 francs1425 Book XXXV: Chapter 2: General Lamarques cortege............................ 1432 Book XXXV: Chapter 3: Madame la Duchesse de Berry goes to Provence and arrives in the Vende.......................................................................... 1433

Book XXXV: Chapter 4: My arrest.......................................................... 1436 Book XXXV: Chapter 5: The journey from my thiefs lodging to Mademoiselle Gisquets dressing-room Achille de Harlay................... 1442 Book XXXV: Chapter 6: The Examining Magistrate Monsieur Desmortiers ............................................................................................... 1444 Book XXXV: Chapter 7: My life at Monsieur Gisquets I am set at liberty................................................................................................................... 1446 Book XXXV: Chapter 8: A letter to the Justice Minister and his reply... 1451 Book XXXV: Chapter 9: Charles X offers to pay me a Peers pension: my response..................................................................................................... 1454 Book XXXV: Chapter 10: A note from Madame la Duchesse de Berry A letter to Branger Departure from Paris................................................. 1456 Book XXXV: Chapter 11: Journal from Paris to Lugano ........................ 1458 Book XXXV: Chapter 12: The Saint-Gothard Pass ................................. 1466 Book XXXV: Chapter 13: The Schllenen Gorge Devils Bridge ....... 1467 Book XXXV: Chapter 14: The Saint-Gothard ......................................... 1469 Book XXXV: Chapter 15: A description of Lugano................................ 1472 Book XXXV: Chapter 16: The mountains Trips around Lucerne Clara Wendel - Peasant prayers.......................................................................... 1474 Book XXXV: Chapter 17: Monsieur Alexandre Dumas Madame de Colbert A letter from Monsieur de Branger......................................... 1478 Book XXXV: Chapter 18: Zurich Constance Madame Rcamier ..... 1479 Book XXXV: Chapter 19: Madame la Duchesse de Saint-Leu ............... 1481 Book XXXV: Chapter 20: Arenenberg Return to Geneva.................... 1485 Book XXXV: Chapter 21: Coppet Madame de Stals tomb................. 1488 Book XXXV: Chapter 22: A walk............................................................ 1490 Book XXXV: Chapter 23: A letter to Prince Louis-Napoleon................. 1491 Book XXXV: Chapter 24: A circular to the editors-in-chief of the newspapers Letters to the Minister of Justice, the President of the Council, and Madame la Duchesse de Berry I write my Memoir on the Princess captivity..................................................................................................... 1492 Book XXXV: Chapter 25: Extract from my Memoir on the Captivity of Madame la Duchesse de Berry ................................................................. 1495 Book XXXV: Chapter 26: My trial .......................................................... 1498 Book XXXV: Chapter 27: Popularity....................................................... 1500 Book XXXVI: Chapter 1: The Marie-Thrse Infirmary......................... 1502 Book XXXVI: Chapter 2: A Letter to Madame la Duchesse de Berry.... 1508 Book XXXVI: Chapter 3: Reflections and Resolutions........................... 1511

Book XXXVI: Chapter 4: My journal Paris to Prague from the 14th to the 24th of May 1833 Departure from Paris Monsieur de Talleyrands carriage - Basel ......................................................................................... 1513 Book XXXVI: Chapter 5: The banks of the Rhine The Rhine Falls Moskirch A storm .................................................................................. 1515 Book XXXVI: Chapter 6: The Danube Ulm......................................... 1518 Book XXXVI: Chapter 7: Blenheim Louis XIV The Hercynian Forest The Barbarians The sources of the Danube........................................... 1521 Book XXXVI: Chapter 8: Regensburg Maker of Emperors The decrease in social life the further one gets from France Religious sentiment in Germany.................................................................................................... 1525 Book XXXVI: Chapter 9: Arrival at Waldmnchen The Austrian Customs Entry to Bohemia denied ....................................................................... 1528 Book XXXVI: Chapter 10: My stay in Waldmnchen A letter to Count Choteck Holy Communion .................................................................... 1530 Book XXXVI: Chapter 11: A Chapel My room at the inn A description of Waldmnchen....................................................................................... 1533 Book XXXVI: Chapter 12: A letter from Count Choteck The peasant girl Departure from Waldmnchen The Austrian Customs Entering Bohemia The pine forest A conversation with the moon Pilsen The highways of the north The sight of Prague ............................................................ 1540 Book XXXVII: Chapter 1: The Castle of the Kings of Bohemia A first interview with Charles X .......................................................................... 1544 Book XXXVII: Chapter 2: Monsieur le Dauphin The Children of France The Duke and Duchess de Guiche The Triumvirate - Mademoiselle ... 1547 Book XXXVII: Chapter 3: A conversation with the King ....................... 1551 Book XXXVII: Chapter 4: Henri V.......................................................... 1556 Book XXXVII: Chapter 5: Dinner and an evening at the Hradschin....... 1558 Book XXXVII: Chapter 6: Visits ............................................................. 1562 Book XXXVII: Chapter 7: Mass General Skrzynecki .......................... 1564 Book XXXVII: Chapter 8: Dinner at Count Chotecks ........................... 1566 Book XXXVII: Chapter 9: Whit Sunday The Duc de Blacas ............... 1567 Book XXXVII: Chapter 10: DIGRESSIONS: A description of Prague Tycho Brahe - Perdita ............................................................................... 1570 Book XXXVII: Chapter 11: MORE DIGRESSIONS: Of Bohemia Slavic and Neo-Latin Literature .......................................................................... 1572 Book XXXVII: Chapter 12: I take leave of the King Farewells A letter from the children to their mother A Moneychanger The Saxon servant................................................................................................................... 1574 Book XXXVII: Chapter 13: What I left behind in Prague....................... 1576

Book XXXVII: Chapter 14: The Duc de Bordeaux ................................. 1580 Book XXXVIII: Chapter 1: Madame la Dauphine................................... 1586 Book XXXVIII: Chapter 2: DIGRESSIONS: Springs Mineral waters History recalled......................................................................................... 1592 Book XXXVIII: Chapter 3: MORE DIGRESSIONS: The Valley of the Tepla Its Flora ........................................................................................ 1595 Book XXXVIII: Chapter 4: A last conversation with the Dauphine Departure................................................................................................... 1596 Book XXXVIII: Chapter 5: JOURNAL FROM CARLSBAD TO PARIS: Cynthia Eger Wallenstein ................................................................... 1600 Book XXXVIII: Chapter 6: Weissenstadt The lady traveller Berneck and memories Bayreuth Voltaire Hollfeld A church The little basket-carrier The innkeeper and his servant.................................................... 1603 Book XXXVIII: Chapter 7: Bamberg A hunchback Wurtzburg Its Canons A drunken man The swallow................................................. 1608 Book XXXVIII: Chapter 8: The inn at Wiesenbach A German and his wife My old age Heidelberg Pilgrims Ruins - Mannheim.................... 1611 Book XXXVIII: Chapter 9: The Rhine The Palatinate Mont-Tonnerre Aristocractic Armies, Plebeian Armies Monastery and castle A solitary inn Kaiserslautern Sleep Birds - Saarbruck..................................... 1615 Book XXXVIII: Chapter 10: Forbach to Paris ......................................... 1619 Book XXXIX: Chapter 1: What Madame la Duchesse de Berry had been doing Charles Xs Council in France My ideas regarding Henri V My letter to Madame la Dauphine................................................................... 1622 Book XXXIX: Chapter 2: A letter from Madame la Duchesse de Berry. 1631 Book XXXIX: Chapter 3: JOURNAL FROM PARIS TO VENICE: Jura the Alps Milan Verona A Roll-call of the Dead The Brenta........ 1634 Book XXXIX: Chapter 4: DIGRESSIONS: Venice ................................ 1639 Book XXXIX: Chapter 5: Venetian Architecture Antonio The Abb Bettio and Monsieur Gamba Rooms in the Doges palace Prisons.... 1642 Book XXXIX: Chapter 6: The Prison of Silvio Pellico ........................... 1646 Book XXXIX: Chapter 7: The Frari The Accademia di Belle Arti Titians Assumption The Metopes of the Parthenon Original drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael The Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo....................................................................................... 1648 Book XXXIX: Chapter 7: The Arsenal Henri IV A frigate leaving for America..................................................................................................... 1651 Book XXXIX: Chapter 9: Saint Christophers Cemetery ........................ 1654 Book XXXIX: Chapter 10: San Michele di Murano Murano The woman and child - Gondoliers............................................................................... 1656

Book XXXIX: Chapter 11: The Bretons and Venetians Breakfast on the Riva degli Schiavoni Mesdames at Trieste............................................ 1659 Book XXXIX: Chapter 12: Rousseau and Byron..................................... 1661 Book XXXIX: Chapter 13: Great Geniuses inspired by Venice Courtesans ancient and modern Rousseau and Byron born to be unhappy ............. 1665 Book XXXIX: Chapter 14: Zanze ............................................................ 1668 Book XXXIX: Chapter 15: Madame Mocenigo Count Cicognara A bust of Madame Rcamier................................................................................ 1672 Book XXXIX: Chapter 16: A Soire at Madame Albrizzis Lord Byron according to Madame Albrizzi ................................................................. 1675 Book XXXIX: Chapter 17: A Soire at Madame Benzonis Lord Byron according to Madame Benzoni ................................................................. 1677 Book XXXIX: Chapter 18: A gondola ride Poetry Catechism at St Peters An aqueduct A conversation with a fisher-girl The Giudecca Jewish women........................................................................................... 1680 Book XXXIX: Chapter 19: Nine centuries of Venice seen from the Piazzetta The decline and fall of Venice............................................................... 1684 Book XXXIX: Chapter 20: The Lido Venetian Festivities The Lagoon on leaving Venice for the first time News of Madame la Duchesse de Berry The Jewish Cemetery................................................................... 1688 Book XXXIX: Chapter 21: Reverie on the Lido...................................... 1693 Book XL: Chapter 1: Madame de Bauffremonts arrival in Venice Cataio The Duke of Modena The Tomb of Petrarch at Arqua A Land of Poets................................................................................................................... 1696 Book XL: Chapter 2: Tasso ...................................................................... 1699 Book XL: Chapter 3: The arrival of Madame la Duchesse de Berry ....... 1709 Book XL: Chapter 4: Mademoiselle Lebeschu Count Lucchesi-Palli Discussion Dinner Bugeaud the gaoler Madame de Saint-Priest, Monsieur de Saint-Priest Madame de Podenas Our Troop My refusal to go to Prague I yield to a word................................................................ 1712 Book XL: Chapter 5: Padua Tombs Zanzes manuscript................... 1716 Book XL: Chapter 6: Unexpected news The Governor of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia .................................................................................... 1722 Book XL: Chapter 7: A letter from Madame to Charles X and Henri V Monsieur de Montbel My note to the Governor I leave for Prague ... 1725 Book XLI: Chapter 1: JOURNAL FROM PADUA TO PRAGUE, 20TH TO 26TH SEPTEMBER 1833: Conegliano A translation of Le Dernier Abencrage Udine The Countess Samoilova Monsieur de La Ferronays A priest Carinthia The Drava A little peasant Forges Lunch at the Hamlet of St Michael................................................................................ 1729

Book XLI: Chapter 2: The Tauern Pass A Cemetery Atala: how altered Sunrise Saltzburg A military review Happy peasants Vcklabruck Plancot and my aunt Night German towns and Italian towns Linz................................................................................................................... 1733 Book XLI: Chapter 3: The Danube Waldmnchen Woods Combourg Lucile Travellers Prague..................................................................... 1737 Book XLI: Chapter 4: Madame de Gontaut Young France Madame la Dauphine Journey to Bustehrad............................................................. 1740 Book XLI: Chapter 5: Bustehrad Charles Xs sleep Henri V The young mens reception......................................................................................... 1742 Book XLI: Chapter 6: The peasant-girl and the ladder Dinner at Bustehrad Madame de Narbonne Henri V A game of Whist Charles X My incredulity regarding the declaration of majority A reading fom the newspaper Scene with the young men in Prague I leave for France Bustehrad by night .................................................................................... 1745 Book XLI: Chapter 7: A meeting at Schlau An empty Carlsbad Hollfeld Bamberg: the librarian and the young lady My various Saint Francis Days Proofs of religion France ........................................................... 1749 Book XLII: Chapter 1: THE PRESENT POLITICAL SITUATION: Louis-Philippe ..................................................................................................... 1752 Book XLII: Chapter 2: Monsieur Thiers .................................................. 1757 Book XLII: Chapter 3: Monsieur de Lafayette ........................................ 1762 Book XLII: Chapter 4: Armand Carrel..................................................... 1765 Book XLII: Chapter 5: VARIOUS WOMEN: A Lady from Louisiana .. 1773 Book XLII: Chapter 6: Madame Tastu..................................................... 1774 Book XLII: Chapter 7: Madame Sand...................................................... 1777 Book XLII: Chapter 8: Monsieur de Talleyrand ...................................... 1782 Book XLII: Chapter 9: The Death of Charles X ...................................... 1790 Book XLII: CONCLUSION..................................................................... 1795 Book XLII: Chapter 10: Historic antecedents: from the Regency to 1793................................................................................................................... 1796 Book XLII: Chapter 11: The Past The old European Order expires ..... 1798 Book XLII: Chapter 12: Inequality of wealth Dangers in the nature of intellectual and material growth ............................................................... 1800 Book XLII: Chapter 13: The demise of monarchy The withering away of society and the progress of the individual ................................................ 1802 Book XLII: Chapter 14: The Future The difficulty of comprehending it................................................................................................................... 1804 Book XLII: Chapter 15: Saint-Simonians Phalansterians Fourirists Owenites Socialists Communists Unionists - Egalitarians.............. 1806

Book XLII: Chapter 16: The Christian ideal is the future of the world ... 1811 Book XLII: Chapter 17: A Recapitulation of my life............................... 1814 Book XLII: Chapter 18: A summary of the changes which have occurred around the globe in my lifetime................................................................ 1816

Testamentary Preface 1833Sicut nubesquasi navesvelut umbra:

As the cloud (Job 7:9)like ships(9:26)as a shadow (14:2)

Paris, 1st December 1833

Preface:Sect1

As it is impossible for me to foresee the moment of my death; as, at my age, the days granted to man are only days of grace, or rather of hardship, I intend, for fear of being taken by surprise, to explain the nature of a work destined to beguile for me the boredom of these last lonely hours, that no one wants, and that one does not know how to employ. The Mmoires, at whose head this preface is placed, embrace or will embrace the entire course of my life: they were begun in the year 1811, and have been continued down to today. I recount in what has been completed, and will recount in what has only been sketched out so far, my childhood, my education, my youth, my entry into the service, my arrival in Paris, my presentation to Louis XVI, the opening scenes of the Revolution, my travels in America, my emigration to Germany and England, my return under the Consulate, my occupations and works under the Empire, and finally the complete history of that Restoration and its fall. I have met almost all the men who have played a large or small role, both abroad and in my own country, from Washington to Napoleon, from Louis XVIII to Czar Alexander, from Pius VII to Gregory XVI, from Fox,Burke, Pitt, Sheridan, Londonderry, and Capo-dIstria, to Malesherbes,Mirabeau, etc; from Nelson, Bolivar, Mehemet Ali, Pasha of Egypt, to Suffren, Bougainville, La Prouse, Moreau, etc. I have formed one of an unprecedented triumvirate: three poets of different interests and nationalities, found themselves, almost at the same moment, Foreign Ministers: myself of France, Mr Canning of England, and Seor Martinez de la Rosa of Spain. I have traversed in succession the empty years of my youth, the full years of the Republican era, the splendours of Napoleon and of the reign of the Legitimacy. Preface:Sect2

I have explored the seas of the Old World and the New, and trodden the soil of the four quarters of the Earth. Having camped in the cabins of Iroquois, and beneath the tents of Arabs, in the wigwams of Hurons, in the remains of Athens, Jerusalem, Memphis, Carthage, Granada, among Greeks, Turks and Moors, among forests and ruins; after wearing the bearskin cloak of the savage, and the silk caftan of the Mameluke, after suffering poverty, hunger, thirst, and exile, I have sat, a minister and ambassador, covered with gold lace, gaudy with ribbons and decorations, at the table of kings, the feasts of princes and princesses, only to fall once more into indigence and know imprisonment. I have had dealings with a host of famous celebrities in the military, the Church, politics, the judiciary, the arts and sciences. I possess an immense mass of material, more than four thousand private letters; the diplomatic correspondence from my various embassies; and those of my stay at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; among which are items private to myself, unique and unpublished. I have borne the musket of a soldier, the travellers cane, and the pilgrims staff: as a sailor my fate has been as inconstant as the wind: a kingfisher, I have made my nest among the waves. I have been party to peace and war: I have signed treaties, protocols, and along the way published numerous works. I have been made privy to party secrets, of court and state: I have viewed closely the rarest disasters, the greatest good fortune, the highest reputations. I have been present at sieges, congresses, conclaves, at the restoration and demolition of thrones. I have made history, and been able to write it. And my solitary life, of a dreamer and poet, traversed this world of realities, catastrophes, tumult, noise, with the sons of my dreams, Chactas, Ren, Eudore, Aben-Hamet:with the daughters of my imaginings, Atala, Amlie, Blanca, Vellda,Cymodoce. Within and alongside my age, perhaps without wishing or seeking to, I have exerted upon it a triple influence, religious, political and literary. Preface:Sect3

I have no more than four or five contemporaries of established fame still around me. Alfieri, Canova and Monti are gone: Italy retains only Pindemonte and Manzoni from its days of brilliance, Pellico has spent his best years in the dungeons of Spielberg; the talents of Dantes native land are condemned to silence, or forced to languish on foreign soil: Lord Byronand Mr Canning died young: Walter Scott has left us, Goethe has quit us loaded with glory and years. France has almost nothing left now of her rich

past; she begins a new era: I remain to bury my age, like the old priest who, at the sack of Bziers, had to ring the bell before dying himself when the last citizen had expired. When death lowers the curtain between me and the world, it will be found that my drama is divided into three acts. From my early youth until 1800, I was a soldier and traveller; from 1800 to 1814, under Consulate and Empire, my life was literary; from the Restoration until the present day my life has been political. In my three successive careers, I have always set myself a great task: as a traveller, I wished to open up the Polar regions; as a writer I tried to re-establish religion on its own ruins; as a statesman I endeavoured to give the nations the true system of constitutional monarchy with its various freedoms: I have at least helped to win that which equals all of them, can take their place, and stands instead of a constitution, the freedom of the Press. If I have often failed in my enterprises, it has been in my case the fault of destiny. Foreigners who have succeeded in their projects have been favoured by fortune: they had powerful friends supporting them, and a country at peace: I have not had that happiness. Preface:Sect4

Of the modern French authors of my age, I am almost the only one whose life resembles his works: traveller, soldier, poet, publicist, it was in the forest that I sang of forests, aboard ship that I described the sea, in camp that I spoke of weapons, in exile that I learned about exile, at court, in assemblies, amongst public affairs, that I studied princes, politics, law and history. The orators of Greece and Rome were involved in public life and shared its destiny. In the Italy and Spain of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the foremost geniuses of literature and the arts participated in social evolution. What stormy and beautiful lives, those of Dante, Tasso,Camons, Ercilla and Cervantes!

In France, our ancient poets and historians wrote and sang in the midst of pilgrimages and battles: Thibault IV, Comte de Champagne, Villehardouin, Joinville, owe the felicities of their style to the adventures they lived: Froissart searched for history on the high roads, learned it from the knights and priests he met, with whom he rode. But from the reign of Francis I, our writers have been isolated individuals whose talents could express the spirit but not the events of their time. If I were destined to survive, I would represent in person, as they are presented in my Mmoires,the principles, ideas, events, catastrophes, the epic of my time, all the more

so because I have seen a world begin and end, and the opposing characteristics of that end and that beginning are involved in my opinions. I found myself between two centuries as at the confluence of two rivers; I plunged into their troubled waters; regretfully leaving the ancient strand where I was born, and swimming hopefully towards the unknown shore where new generations will land. Preface:Sect5

These Mmoires, divided into books and chapters, were written at different dates and in different places: these divisions naturally give rise to a species of prologue that recall the incidents which have occurred since the previous dates, and describe the places in which I pick up the thread of my story. The varied events and changing forms of my life thereby involve one another: so, in moments of prosperity I speak of times of poverty, and in days of tribulation recall days of happiness. The varied sentiments of my various years, my youth penetrating my old age, the gravity of my years of maturity saddening my green years; the rays of my sun from its rising to its setting, crossing and meeting like separate reflections of my existence, give a kind of indefinable unity to my work: my cradle speaks of my tomb, my tomb of my cradle; my sufferings become pleasures, my pleasures sorrows, and one does not know if these Mmoires are the work of a young head or an old one. I am not saying a word of this to justify myself, since I am not sure it is a good idea: I say what is, what happened, without consideration, through the very inconstancy of the tempests unleashed against my barque, and which have frequently left me only the reef on which I have been shipwrecked to write this or that fragment of my life. I have shown a paternal partiality towards these Mmoires; I would like to come back to life at the witching hour to correct the proofs: the dead are in haste.

The notes that accompany the text are of three kinds: the first, placed at the end of the books, consist of clarifications and written proofs; the second, at the foot of the pages, are from the same period as the text; the third similarly at the foot of the pages, have been added since the composition of the text, and carry the place and date where they were written. One or two years of solitude in some corner of the earth would suffice to complete these Mmoires; but I have had no peace except for the nine months when my being lay in my mothers belly: it is probable that I

shall never recover that ante-natal peace, except in the womb of our communal mother, after death. Several of my friends have urged me to publish part of my story now; I could not accede to their wish. Firstly, despite myself, I would inevitably be less frank and truthful, and secondly I have always imagined I was writing while seated in my coffin. The work has acquired from that a certain religious quality which I could not remove without doing harm; it would pain me to suppress that distant voice from the tomb that can be heard throughout the whole course of my tale. It will not seem strange if I defend certain weaknesses; if I am preoccupied with the fate of a poor orphan, destined to remain after me on earth. If I have suffered enough in this world to be