The author, Nathalie Leroy-Loesch, has put pen to paper to bring us the fascinating story of the early years of the Marquise de La Rochejaquelein.
Imagine the tranquillity of the Orangery at the Palace of Versailles in mid-July 1789… Let Victoire de Donissan guide you through the apartments of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and even her godmother Madame Victoire… Follow in her footsteps during her last stroll on the Parterre du Midi…
Suddenly, tempers flare, shock and panic spread through the gardens, and the first courtiers begin to flee… This young woman caught up in the early stages of the revolutionary turmoil was none other than the future wife of Louis de Lescure, the Saint of Poitou, hero of the early Vendée Wars, and then of Louis de La Rochejaquelein, the Vendée general killed at the Battle of Les Mathes, in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, on 4 June 1815.
In just a few years, despite suffering the loss of both her husbands and several children, she wrote down every detail of her life. Victoire de Donissan, marquise and memoirist, thus offers us an intimate and historical account. She tells us about her childhood, her adolescence and her first marriage, where she was surrounded by the most influential figures of the Age of Enlightenment.
Mademoiselle Victorine! The Early Royal Years of the Marquise de La Rochejaquelein, from Versailles to the Wars of the Vendée, is an immersion into the twilight of the French monarchy and the early hours of a relentless revolution that changed the course of French and Vendée history.
A publication entitled “History, Culture and Heritage of the Pays de Rié” for €15.00
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