"Account of the Coup D'etat du 18/29 Brumaire" Topic

BY HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS

"I am not surprised at the anxiety which pervades your Republic respecting the momentous events which are passing in ours. You feel, no doubt, that on the fate of the parent Republic depends the destiny of your own. You desire me to tell you more than the journals have already told you of the nineteenth of Brumaire- that day, big with the fate of such a country as France, and such a man as Buonaparte, will, no doubt, employ the pen of many an able historian, through all succeeding ages, over whom I can certainly boast of only one advantage, that of having been present at the scene.

For some time past I have considered the Park of St. Cloud as my domain, since, in my daily rides on horseback in search of health, I often prefer those solitudes to the Bois de Boulogne, for ever haunted by the Parisian beau monde. To the Park of St. Cloud, then, my horse, on the immortal nineteenth of Brumaire, turned his steps mechanically; and, traversing the village and the court of the Chateau, filled with troops, conveyed me in perfect safety to my accustomed hills and woods. On returning towards the Chateau, seeing a little gate open at the side of the Park, the curiosity of my cavalier was excited, and we entered the garden, where, on approaching the palace, we beheld, through the trees, Deputies of the Five Hundred sauntering in the walks; and as it was the first time I had beheld them in their costume, though they had worn it two years, I was the more struck with their picturesque appearance, moving along with flowing robes, like tragedy-heroes, or shades of Elysium, through embowering groves and enamelled meads…."
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Armand

Interesting, as is usual with your contributions. Very well done.

Many thanks my friend!. (smile)

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