Makers of History Series, by John S. C. Abbott

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Title: Hortense, Makers of History Series

Author: John S. C. Abbott

Release Date: February 20, 2008 [EBook #24659]

Language: English

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Makers of History

Hortense

BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT

WITH ENGRAVINGS

NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1902

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

[Illustration: HORTENSE.]

PREFACE.

The French Revolution was perhaps as important an event as has occurred in the history of nations. It was a drama in three acts. The first was the Revolution itself, properly so called, with its awful scenes of terror and of blood--the exasperated millions struggling against the accumulated oppression of ages.

The second act in the drama was the overthr

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