Présente la vie de Charles-François Dumouriez, né en 1739 à Cambrai, qui choisit le métier des armes, fut envoyé en mission dans toute l'Europe puis nommé ministre des Affaires étrangères par Louis XVI. Il reçut le commandement de l'armée du Nord pendant la Révolution française mais, condamné par les jacobins, il quitta la France et connut l'exil en Europe. ©Electre 2024
Dumouriez
General of the French Revolution (1739-1823)
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.
Paru le : 13/03/2023
Thématique : Autres biographies Révolution Française
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Isabelle Henry
Éditeur(s) :
L'Harmattan
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Contributeur(s) : Traducteur : Alain Rutherford
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-14-032518-2
EAN13 : 9782140325182
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 473
Hauteur: 24.0 cm / Largeur 16.0 cm
Épaisseur: 2.5 cm
Poids: 713 g
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