Mallet Du Pan and the French Revolution: With Frontpiece (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Mallet Du Pan and the French Revolution: With Frontpiece Neither the natural interest nor the possession of literary materials which I have inherited as a great grandson of Mallet du Pan would have justified me in undertaking an account of his career for English readers if that career had been destitute of historical impor tance, or if any such account had been in existence which was complete and at the same time accessible. On both these grounds, however, some justification for the present attempt may, I think, be pleaded. It will be sufficient, in this place, to refer to the emphatic testimony of authorities like Carlyle, Sainte - Beuve and Taine to the position of this once celebrated political writer as a pioneer of modern journalism, as a champion of constitutional Monarchy in the Revolution, as a confidential adviser of Louis XVI. And of the Allied Courts; and a few words only will be needed to explain, with the assistance of the appended list of sources of information, how matters stand with regard to existing publications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.