A Narrative of Three Years' Residence in France, Principally in the Southern Departments, from the Year 1802 to 1805 - Volume 3

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The writer and translator Anne Plumptre published this three-volume description of her experiences in post-revolutionary France in 1810.

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The writer and translator Anne Plumptre (1760-1818) published this three-volume description of three years' residence in France in 1810. Volume 3 describes Plumptre's travels through western France on her way home, and ends with a long section on the character and deeds of Napoleon, and his effect on France.

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1. Departure from Nismes; 2. Stay at Montpellier; 3. Departure from Montpellier; 4. Stay at Toulouse; 5. Departure from Toulouse; 6. From Moissac to Bordeaux; 7. Striking situation of Bordeaux; 8. Departure from Bordeaux; 9. Nantes; 10. Morlaix; 11. Superstition among the Bretons; 12. Affinity between the Bretons and the Welch and Irish; 13. Fondness of the Bretons for stories; 14. Other reputed ruins of the city of Is; 15. Resemblance of Bretagne to Devonshire; 16. The character of Bonaparte; 17. Bonaparte (cont.); 18. Further strictures; 19. The opinions of emigrants; 20. The coalitions against Bonaparte; 21. Irritability of Bonaparte's temper; 22. The French not prepared for liberty; Index.