The adventures of my life. by Henri Rochefort. Arranged for English readers by the author and Ernest W. Smith ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rochefort, Henri, 1831-1913.

Contributor:

Smith, Ernest W., ed.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rochefort, Henri, 1831-1913.

Rochefort, Henri.

France--Politics and government--1789-1900.

France.

Physical Description:

2 v. 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, New York, E. Arnold, 1896.

Contents:

Volume I. Family and historical

Childhood and school-days

Starting in life

Monsieur and Madame Bonaparte

Clerk in the municipal offices

Two notorious duels

Attacking the emperor in person

The starting of the "Lanterne"

Seizure of the "Lanterne," my flight to Brussels

Life in exile with Victor Hugo

Elected deputy for Paris

Victor Noir's murder, kidnapped and imprisoned

Rescued from prison and made a member of the provisional government

An impossible situation, withdrawal from office, the siege

The fall of Paris

Elected to the National Assembly

The commune

Chased from Paris by the Communards

Arrested by the Versaillais, trial and sentence to perpetual banishment

Volume II. Imprisoned in fortified places

Transported to the antipodes in a cage

Life in a penal settlement

A blow for freedom

Stranded in Australia

New-world impressions

A mixed reception in England

Two notorious crimes

Amnestied at last

Triumphal return to Paris

A chapter of incidents

The murder of the tsar, condemned for applauding nihilism

Gambetta's end, a woman's vengeance

The passing of companions in arms

My fourth parliamentary experience

The agony of a presidency

My second flight to Belgium

Exile in London with Boulanger, suicide of the general

Life in London

The exile's return.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page of each volume: "Received Nov 12 1896."

OCLC:

181737