Danton

About this eBook

Author

Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

Title

Danton: A study

Original Publication

United States: Charles Scribner's Sons,1899.

Credits

Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco

Subject

Danton, Georges Jacques, 1759-1794

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68582

Release Date

July 21, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.THE LIFE OF DANTON — CHAPTER I THE REVOLUTION
5. 5.CHAPTER II THE YOUTH OF DANTON
6. 6.CHAPTER III DANTON AT THE CORDELIERS
7. 7.CHAPTER IV THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY
8. 8.CHAPTER V THE REPUBLIC August 10, 1792—April 5, 1793
9. 9.CHAPTER VI THE TERROR
10. 10.CHAPTER VII THE DEATH OF DANTON
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII ROBESPIERRE
12. 12.APPENDIX
13. 13.I NOTE ON THE CORDELIERS
14. 14.II NOTE ON CERTAIN SITES MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK
15. 15.III NOTE ON THE SUPPOSED VENALITY OF DANTON
16. 16.IV NOTE ON DANTON’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MASSACRES OF SEPTEMBER
17. 17.V SHORT MEMOIR by A. R. C. de St. ALBIN
18. 18.VI EXTRACTS FROM DOCUMENTS Showing the Price Paid for Danton’s Place at the Conseils du Roi, the Sources from which he Derived the Money for its Payment, and the Compensation Paid on its Suppression in 1791. — ( a ) From the Deed of Sale between Huet de Paisy and Danton , 29th March 1787 . — ( b ) From the Marriage-Contract of Danton and Mdlle. Charpentier , 9th June 1787 . — ( c ) From the Note Liquidating Danton’s Place at the Conseils du Roi and his Receipt for the Reimbursement , 8th and 11th of October 1791 . Held by de Montmorin in his Office.
19. 19.VII EXTRACTS FROM DOCUMENTS Showing the Situation of Danton’s Apartment in the Cour de Commerce, its Furniture and Value, &c. — ( a ) Extracts from the “Apposition des Scellés” by M. Thuiller, Justice of the Peace, on February 12, 1793, and from the “Vacations” by the same. — ( b ) Summary of the Inventory taken in Danton’s House after his First Wife’s Death , 25th February 1793 . — ( c ) Extracts from the Raising of the Seals after Danton’s Death.
20. 20.VIII CATALOGUE OF DANTON’S LIBRARY
21. 21.IX EXTRACTS FROM THE MEMOIR WRITTEN IN 1846 BY THE SONS OF DANTON
22. 22.X NOTES OF TOPINO-LEBRUN, JUROR OF THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL — Seance de 14 Germinal (13 Avril). — Séance du 15 Germinal (4 Avril).
23. 23.XI REPORT OF THE FIRST COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY TREATING OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF THE REPUBLIC, AND READ BY BARRÈRE TO THE CONVENTION ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1793
24. 24.FOOTNOTES
25. 25.INDEX

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