A retrospective Ulysses’ syndrome: French émigré recollections of the British host

Between 1789 and 1815, thousands of French counter-revolutionaries chose exile rather than abide by the new political systems brought on by the Revolution, and later by Napoléon. A large number came to the British Isles. Contemporary documents demonstrate the French exiled community cohabited peacef...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Juliette Reboul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2015-03-01
Series:Forum
Online Access:http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/1198