An eye-witness account of the French Revolution by Helen Maria Williams
Subtitle: letters containing a sketch of the politics of France
By: edited by Jack Fruchtman, Jr.
Contributors: Fruchtman, Jack.
Series: Age of revolution and romanticism : interdisciplinary studies;; vol. 19; Age of revolution and romanticism ;; v. 19.
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827 -- Correspondence.; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Personal narratives.; France -- History -- Reign of Terror, 1793-1794.
Description: Helen Maria Williams (1761-1827), English poet, novelist, and chronicler of the French Revolution, here vividly recounts her experiences in France during the Terror. Arrested in the fall of 1793, Williams records with passion and sorrow the degeneration of the Revolution into chaos and murder. She sketches the colorful personalities of her friends and acquaintances (Madame Roland, Charlotte Corday, Georges-Jacques Danton) and enemies (Maximilien Robespierre, Louis-Antoine de St.

Just, Jean-Paul Marat), while all the time displaying her enduring optimism that the Revolution would eventually succeed in liberty and justice for people everywhere.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [31]-37).