The Memoirs of Baron (Late Lieutenant-General in the French Army), Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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 moire. Other nations have produced equally great and perhaps more trustworthy historians ;but fipom the days of Joinvi Uetill 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 worlds 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 am,or on the readers part were still to be reckoned with.
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