Episodes

  • Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire - Henriette Lucie Dillon marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet - Part 2

    Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire - Henriette Lucie Dillon marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet - Part 2
    May 21 2026
    An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of the Revolution, of her life in exile (partly in Upstate New York) and of the court of Napoleon Bonaparte. This famous historically valuable memoir, written for her son, ends with Napoleon's return from Elba in 1815. (Summary by barbara2)
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    2 hrs and 41 mins
  • Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire - Henriette Lucie Dillon marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet - Part 1

    Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire - Henriette Lucie Dillon marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet - Part 1
    May 20 2026
    An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of the Revolution, of her life in exile (partly in Upstate New York) and of the court of Napoleon Bonaparte. This famous historically valuable memoir, written for her son, ends with Napoleon's return from Elba in 1815. (Summary by barbara2)
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    9 hrs and 55 mins