A Political Romance [electronic resource] : Léon Gambetta, Léonie Léon and the Making of the French Republic, 1872-82 /
Foley, S.author.
Sowerwine, C.author.
Léon Gambetta is renowned as a founder of the French Third Republic. This unique study of his correspondence with his lover, Léonie Léon, provides a fascinating insight into their intimate and political partnership. It brings to life Gambetta as lover and politician, the unknown figure of Léon, and the political and cultural world of 1870s Paris.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Preface; Introduction: 'What admirable pages!'; Part I: Years of Hope, 1872-1877; 1 'The unforgettable day of 27 April'; 2 'I want you to devote yourself to the Republic'; 3 'Thank you for being my strength, my hope'; 4 'I am smiling at your triumph, at our love'; Part II: A Bourgeois Couple in the Third Republic; 5 'We'll go and laugh at the Palais-Royal'; 6 'We will proudly put our heads together in books'; 7 'This religion satisfies my soul'; Part III: Years of Frustration, 1877-1882; 8 'What glory, to have created a new France'
9 'Triumphant, and full of regrets'10 'Poor France, I had other dreams'; 11 'People are weeping for the patriot, the orator'; Epilogue: 'The writings remain'; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Léon Gambetta is renowned as a founder of the French Third Republic. This unique study of his correspondence with his lover, Léonie Léon, provides a fascinating insight into their intimate and political partnership. It brings to life Gambetta as lover and politician, the unknown figure of Léon, and the political and cultural world of 1870s Paris.
Gambetta, Léon, 1838-1882
Léon, Léonie, 1838-1906
Europe—History.
Social history.
France—History.
History, Modern.
Military history.
European History.
Social History.
History of France.
Modern History.
History of Military.