The Memoirs of Baron Thie´bault, Vol. 1 of 2
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Excerpt from The Memoirs of Baron Thie¿bault, Vol. 1 of 2: Late Lieutenant-General in the French Army The rage for publishing the recollections left in manuscript by those who witnessed or took part in the conflicts that were distracting Europe a century ago, has brought to light during the last few years an enormous amount of material of very various merit. It is almost needless to say that for by far the largest proportion of this we are indebted to France. France is, and always has been, the chosen home of them mémoire. Other nations have produced equally great and perhaps more trustworthy historians; but from the days of Joinville till now, in the art of relating personal experiences, the Frenchman has stood supreme. As regards the particular period, moreover, it is only what we should expect. The gigantic part played by France in the world´s affairs from 1789 to 1815 was surely enough to turn every Frenchman, conscious of the smallest literary faculty - and few Frenchmen are devoid of it - into a Thucydides. A vast number rushed into print before the echoes of the conflict had fully died away. They had their reward in a keener personal interest, but on the other hand trammels of "fear or favour" were upon them; and even if they could have succeeded in freeing themselves from these, odium et amor on the reader´s part were still to be reckoned with. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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