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Title: History of the Girondists, Volume I
Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution

Author: Alphonse de Lamartine

Translator: H. T. Ryde

Release Date: April 1, 2006 [EBook #18094]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Portrait of Robespierre]

HISTORY

OF

THE GIRONDISTS;

OR

_Personal Memoirs of the Patriots_

OF

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

FROM UNPUBLISHED SOURCES.

BY

ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE,

Author of "Travels in the Holy Land," &c.

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IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I.

* * * * *

TRANSLATED BY H. T. RYDE.

LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1856.
LONDON PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. NEW-STREET SQUARE

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