A Frenchman's Year in Suffolk: French Impressions of Suffolk Life in 1784 (Suffolk Records Society) - Softcover

Rochefoucauld, François De La

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843836750 ISBN 13: 9781843836759

Publisher: Boydell Press, 2011

Synopsis

When François de la Rochefoucauld and his brother Alexandre visited Suffolk in 1784, the events which were to lead to the French Revolution in 1789 were already in train. François' father, the duc de Liancourt, Grand Master of the Wardrobe at Louis XVI's court, was well placed to appreciate the dangers of the situation in France, and it must have been with anxious hopefulness that he sent his sons (François was then 18) to England for a year to appreciate the ordering of these things in a country which had experienced a revolution over a century earlier. Such reflections are never far below the surface of this otherwise cheerful journal of a year abroad, which gives a vivid picture of English provincial life; François' observations range over such diverse subjects as English customs and manners and methods of agriculture and stockbreeding, and include a lively account of a general election.

About this title

Review:

A fascinating account of provincial life and manners. --Times Literary Supplement

About the Author:

Norman Scarfe, the well-known historian of Suffolk and beyond, provides a spirited translation of François' journal; it is complemented by numerous illustrations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1843836750
• ISBN 13: 9781843836759
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Scarfe Norman