Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein - Mémoires de Madame la marquise de La Rochejaquelein écrits par elle-même [Guerre de Vendée] - 1822

Victory of Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein (1772-1857). Memoirs of Madame the Marquise de La Rochejaquelein written by herself. Paris, Royal Printing Office, Potey, 1822, vii-495 pp.

One volume in small octavo (210x130 mm), half calf, spine smooth gilt ornament, black morocco title piece, marbled edges (binding of the period). Wear and rubbing on the spines. Interior fresh, few foxing.

New edition adorned with 2 maps (Route of the Grande Armée Vendéenne to Granville; Insurgent lands in March 1793, Vendée), but without the portrait of the author announced.

These Memoirs recount the events of the French Revolution and the Wars of Vendée through the testimony of Marie-Louise-Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein (1772-1857).

The marquise recounts in particular the Vendéan uprisings, the battles between the royalist and Republican armies, the movements of the troops, the leaders of the insurgents and the hardships of civilian populations. Her account mentions figures such as Lescure, Bonchamps, d’Elbée and Charette, as well as the military episodes and retreats that marked the War in Vendée.