- EAN13
- 9782140325205
- Éditeur
- Éditions L'Harmattan
- Date de publication
- 13/03/2023
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Dumouriez
General of the French Revolution (1739-1823) - Biography
Isabelle Henry
Éditions L'Harmattan
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Charles François du Perrier, otherwise known as Dumouriez, was born at Cambrai
at the peak of Louis XV's reign. A penniless but highborn French gentryman, he
engaged while still in his prime in the dreadful Seven Years' War from which
he returned badly wounded. As the new Revolution began to take a hold
Dumouriez ingratiated himself into the royal close circle until the king
appointed him as his Minister for Foreign Affairs, but his astute counsel
failed to protect Louis from his eventual downfall. A period of warring on
France's national frontiers resulted in Dumouriez taking full command of the
North' and the full glory of the great victories of the dual battles of Valmy
and Jemmappes. However the suspicious of the Jacobins by now in power in Paris
were aroused and incited them to have him arrested and face the guillotine. He
succeeded in evading their clutches by abandoning army and country, preferring
exile elswhere in Europe and in England where he died.
at the peak of Louis XV's reign. A penniless but highborn French gentryman, he
engaged while still in his prime in the dreadful Seven Years' War from which
he returned badly wounded. As the new Revolution began to take a hold
Dumouriez ingratiated himself into the royal close circle until the king
appointed him as his Minister for Foreign Affairs, but his astute counsel
failed to protect Louis from his eventual downfall. A period of warring on
France's national frontiers resulted in Dumouriez taking full command of the
North' and the full glory of the great victories of the dual battles of Valmy
and Jemmappes. However the suspicious of the Jacobins by now in power in Paris
were aroused and incited them to have him arrested and face the guillotine. He
succeeded in evading their clutches by abandoning army and country, preferring
exile elswhere in Europe and in England where he died.
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