Author: Jules Claretie; Mrs Cashel Hoey
Title: Camille Desmoulins and His Wife. Passages from the History of the Dantonists. Founded Upon New and Hitherto Unpublished Documents. Translated from the French of Jules Claretie by Mrs Cashel Hoey with a Portrait.
Description: London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1876. First edition. Cloth. A translated first edition of this historical essay on the life of Camille Desmoulins. First edition. A historical essay and biography of Camille Desmoulins, a French journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution. Desmoulins was tried and executed alongside Georges Danton when the Committee of Public Safety reacted against Dantonist opposition. A friend of Maximilien Robespierre and political ally of Danton, he is best known for criticizing the repressive measures of the Reign of Terror and helping to incite the storming of the Bastille. Includes illustrated frontispiece. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and minor rubbing to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: French Revolution Camille Desmoulins Robespierre Camille Desmoulins None


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