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Karla, Anna and Pestel, Friedemann (2020). Revolution on Trial Writing Memoirs in Times of Revolution, Emigration, and Restoration (1789-1824). Fr. Hist. Stud., 43 (3). S. 391 - 421. DURHAM: DUKE UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1527-5493

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Abstract

The Memoires de Weber, concernant Marie-Antoinette were of central importance to the wave of memoirs of the French Revolution published during the Restoration period. Commonly attributed to Joseph Weber, Marie-Antoinette's foster brother, the Memoires' authorship has always remained doubtful. This article discusses the text's complex origins in the London emigre community around 1800 and analyzes the process by which it became a canonic eyewitness account with its republication in 1822. In light of newly discovered sources and recent scholarly interest in the emigration and postrevolutionary period, this article reexamines the Memoires as a case of ghostwriting revolving around royalist loyalties, public emotions, and publication strategies. Highlighting personal networks reaching from the Revolution to the emigration and into Restoration France, this article makes a case for reconsidering generational factors, long-term relations, and interpretative struggles among the eyewitnesses of the Revolution in a period when memoirs became a key element of turning the Revolution into contemporary history.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Karla, Anna UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pestel, Friedemann UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-324079
DOI:	10.1215/00161071-8278449
Journal or Publication Title:	Fr. Hist. Stud.
Volume:	43
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 391 - 421
Date:	2020
Publisher:	DUKE UNIV PRESS
Place of Publication:	DURHAM
ISSN:	1527-5493
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EXILE Multiple languages History Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/32407