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Author Reynolds, Sian

Title Marriage and revolution : Monsieur and Madame Roland / Sian Reynolds
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 326 pages) : illustrations
Contents ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""Prologue: 4 February 1780""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: GETTING MARRIED: BEFORE 1780""; ""1. The Bride�s Story (1): The Child Manon""; ""2. The Bride�s Story (2): Becoming an Enlightenment Woman: Marie-Jeanne""; ""3. The Groom�s Story (1): Odd Man Out""; ""4. The Groom�s Story (2): A Disciple of Turgot""; ""5. Who to Marry? Suitors and Fiancées""
""PART II: MARRIED LIFE: 1780�1789""""6. Bonjour Loup! Living Together""; ""7. Educating Eudora: Parenthood Together""; ""8. Essays and Academies: Writing Together""; ""9. Leaving the North: To the Beaujolais Together""; ""10. The Calm Before The Storm: Housekeeping Together""; ""PART III: REVOLUTION: BLISS TO BEALIVE 1789�1791""; ""11. 1789: Watching from Lyon""; ""12. 1790: Joining the Municipal Revolution""; ""13. 1790: A Community of Friends?""; ""14. 1791: When is a Salon Not a Salon? Parisian Circles""; ""15. 1791: After Varennes""; ""16. 1791: Provincial Life Has Lost Its Charms""
""PART IV: IN THE THICK OF IT""""17. March 1792: What, No Buckles? The Brissotin Ministry""; ""18. Summer 1792: Minister of the King""; ""19. June�August 1792: Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire""; ""20. August�September 1792: Invasion and Massacre""; ""21. 1792�1793: Minister of the Republic: Grain and Museums""; ""22. �This Astonishing Lady�: What Did the Minister�s Wife do All Day?""; ""23. 1792�1793: Fact or Fantasy? The Bureau d�Esprit Public and the Minister for the Gironde""; ""PART V: A CLOSING TRAP""; ""24. January�May 1793: Nobody�s Minister""
""25. January�November 1793: Marie-Jeanne in Love""""26. 31 May 1793: One Night in Summer""; ""27. June�October 1793: � A la vie et à la mort�: Prison and Flight""; ""28. November 1793: The Tribunal and the Dagger""; ""Epilogue and Conclusion""; ""Sources and Bibliography""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Summary "A double biography of Jean-Marie Roland and Marie-Jeanne Phlipon, later Madame Roland, leading figures in the French Revolution"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Roland, Madame, 1754-1793.
Roland de La Platière, Jean-Marie, 1734-1793.
Roland de La Platière, Jean-Marie, 1734-1793
Roland, Madame, 1754-1793
Revolutionaries -- France -- Biography
Intellectuals -- France -- Biography
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
Revolutionaries
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Biography.
France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
France
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
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