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BARRAS, Paul Francois Jean Nicolas. Memoirs of Barras, Member of the Directorate. Edited with a general introduction, prefaces and appendices by George Dupuy.
New York Harper & Brothers, 1895-1896. Hard Cover
4 volumes (424 & 610 & 591 & 617 pages), 10 plates, 1 folding plan, cloth. 1st U.S. edition, very good. Vicomte Barras (1755-1829), French revolutionist, Member of National Convention, voted for execution of Louis XVI, took prominent part in overthrow of Robespierre (1794), as commander- in-chief appointed by Convention, called Napoleon Bonaparte to keep order in Paris. As Member of the Directorate (1795) secured appointment of Bonaparte to command army in Italy. Arranged marriage of Bonaparte to Josephine de Beauharnais. At the height of his power from 1797 to 1799.
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