Memoirs of His Own Time, Vol. 1 of 2

Download or read book Memoirs of His Own Time, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Mathieu Dumas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of His Own Time, Vol. 1 of 2: Including the Revolution, the Empire, and the Restoration The inaccuracy and want of truth in the multi tude of private Memoirs, with which we have been inundated, and with which cotemporary history was in a manner overwhelmed, had inspired me with insurmountable disgust. It seemed to me that my testimony would be a useless and slender tribute, and would be lost in that chaos into which so many rash Opinions, so many false statements, so many calumnies, dictated by the spirit of' re venge, will perhaps never suffer the light of truth to penetrate. In fact the number of those Memoirs is but very inconsiderable of which my honorable friend, the count de Segur, has given us so perfect a model. In venturing to imitate him. I yield to his counsels as well as to his warm solicitations. 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.