Plot
Following
the execution of Louis XVI, a Royalist revolt roke out in La Vendée under the leadership
of Charles de Lescure and Henri Larochejaquelin,
both wealthy landowners in that region. After an initial success in capturing Saumur, the
Republican armies invaded the province, sacked and burned the towns and
villages and with savage violence destroyed the chateaux of the Royalists. The
romance centers on the love of Henri Larochejaquelin
and Marie de Lescure, and on the renegade Denot's
love for Agatha Larochejaquelin.
GEROULD,
WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton University Press,
1976 renewed PUP
Reprinted by permission of
Url: http://www.anthonytrollope.com/
Academic year 2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés
López
©Davinia Moreno Arroyo
Universitat de València
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