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The dramatic tale of the Duchesse de Berry's quest to retake the French throne for the Bourbons-and her betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors In July 1830, the French royal family went into exile. From a drafty Scottish castle, the Duchesse de Berry hatched a plot to restore the dynasty and, after two years of careful planning, she set out to reclaim the throne for her son. For months, she commanded a guerilla army and evaded capture by disguising herself as a man. But soon she was betrayed by her trusted advisor, a convert from Judaism named Simon Deutz. The scandal that ensued turned the duchess's plight into a cause célèbre for the royalist right and ignited a firestorm of hate against France's Jews. By blaming an entire people for the actions of a single man, this affair set the terms for the century of antisemitism that followed. Brimming with intrigue and lush detail, The Betrayal of the Duchess is the riveting story of a high-spirited woman, the charming man who double-crossed her, and the birth of one of the modern world's most deadly forms of hatred. Résumé du livre (traduit de l'anglais). "En juillet 1830, une révolution a chassé la monarchie des Bourbons de France. La famille royale est en exil. Depuis un château écossais, la duchesse de Berry ourdit un complot pour restaurer la dynastie et, après deux ans de planification minutieuse, elle lance une guerre civile pour réclamer le trône pour son fils de onze ans. Elle devint instantanément la femme la plus recherchée de France et échappa à la capture pendant des mois en se déguisant en homme, dormant dans les champs et les greniers à foin la nuit et commandant le jour une guérilla armée prête à mourir pour sa cause. La petite duchesse travestie aurait pu réussir dans sa quête chimérique si elle n'avait pas été vendue par son plus fidèle conseiller, un converti au judaïsme nommé Simon Deutz. Alors que la duchesse se rapprochait de Paris, Deutz s'impatientait et devenait nerveux ; il révéla sa cachette à la police en échange d'une récompense. Elle a été découverte dans une trappe secrète derrière une cheminée par des officiers qui l'ont involontairement exposée, dans leur empressement à se réchauffer pendant la froide nuit de novembre. La réaction du pays à cette trahison fut intense, la détresse de la duchesse étant une cause célèbre reprise par les loyalistes Bourbons, qui devint également un modèle pour les stéréotypes et la rhétorique antisémites. S'appuyant sur des recherches révolutionnaires et des analyses inédites, l'historien de Yale Maurice Samuels soutient que l'affaire a été le moment où les tensions de la modernité ont pris une forme concrète, à travers une convertie cosmopolite, royaliste rebelle et l'intense fascination qu'elle a suscité. C'est la première fois que l'antisémitisme s'est racialisé, au lieu d'être défini par la religion. Samuels élabore également une histoire culturelle captivante d'une période idiosyncratique et peu étudiée de l'histoire révolutionnaire française - la Restauration et la Monarchie de Juillet - et d'une Europe au bord d'une énorme transformation. L'histoire passionnante d'une femme héroïque et pleine d'entrain et du jeune homme charmant mais versatile qui l'a trahie, The Betrayal of the Duchess montre comment l'association improbable de deux personnages hors du commun issus de mondes très différents a changé le cours de l'histoire" "In July 1830, a revolution ousted the Bourbon monarchy from France. The royal family was in exile. From a drafty Scottish castle, the Duchess of Berry hatched a plot to restore the dynasty and, after two years of careful planning, she launched a civil war to reclaim the throne for her eleven-year-old son. She instantly became the most wanted woman in France, and she evaded capture for months by disguising herself as man, sleeping in fields and haylofts by night and by day commanding a guerilla army willing to die for her cause. The diminutive, cross-dressing duchess might have succeeded in her quixotic quest had she not been sold out by her most trusted advisor, a convert from Judaism named Simon Deutz. As the duchess moved towards Paris, Deutz became impatient and nervous; he revealed her whereabouts to police in exchange for a reward. She was discovered in a secret compartment behind a fireplace, smoked out by the officers who unwittingly exposed her in their eagerness to warm themselves during the cold November night. The country's response to the betrayal was intense, the duchess's plight a cause célèbre taken up by Bourbon loyalists that also became a blueprint for antisemitic stereotypes and rhetoric. Drawing on groundbreaking research and fresh analysis, Yale historian Maurice Samuels argues that the affair was the moment when the tensions of modernity took concrete form, through a cosmopolitan convert and a rebellious royal and the public's intense fascination with them. This was the first time antisemitism became racialized, rather than being defined by religion. Samuels also crafts an engrossing cultural history of an idiosyncratic and less-studied period of revolutionary French history -- the Restoration and the July Monarchy -- and a Europe on the brink of huge transformation. A riveting story of a heroic, highly spirited women and the charming but volatile young man who betrayed her, The Betrayal of the Duchess shows how the unlikely association of two larger-than-life figures from very different worlds changed the course of history"-- Provided by publisher Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power and revolution. The year was 1832, a cholera pandemic raged, and the French royal family was in exile, driven out by yet another revolution. From a drafty Scottish castle, the duchesse de Berry -- the mother of the eleven-year-old heir to the throne -- hatched a plot to restore the Bourbon dynasty. For months, she commanded a guerilla army and evaded capture by disguising herself as a man. But soon she was betrayed by her trusted advisor, Simon Deutz, the son of France's Chief Rabbi. The betrayal became a cause célèbre for Bourbon loyalists and ignited a firestorm of hate against France's Jews. By blaming an entire people for the actions of a single man, the duchess's supporters set the terms for the century of antisemitism that followed. Brimming with intrigue and lush detail, The Betrayal of the Duchess is the riveting story of a high-spirited woman, the charming but volatile young man who double-crossed her, and the birth of one of the modern world's most deadly forms of hatred. The dramatic tale of the Duchesse de Berry's quest to retake the French throne for the Bourbons — and her betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors In July 1830, the French royal family went into exile. From a drafty Scottish castle, the Duchesse de Berry hatched a plot to restore the dynasty and, after two years of careful planning, she set out to reclaim the throne for her son. For months, she commanded a guerilla army and evaded capture by disguising herself as a man. But she was soon sold out by her most trusted advisor, a convert from Judaism named Simon Deutz. France's response to the betrayal was intense, the duchess's plight became a cause célèbre for Bourbon loyalists, and the affair became a blueprint for anti-Semitic stereotypes and rhetoric. Brimming with intrigue and lush detail, The Betrayal of the Duchess is the riveting story of a high-spirited woman and the charming but volatile young man who double-crossed her.