The French Émigrés in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789–1814

Private collection) The Bishop was the leading figure in French émigré charities, as the letters and lists of subscribers scattered on and around his desk suggest. Danloux was a royalist who emigrated in 1792 to London, where he lived until his return to Paris in 1802. His diary is a valuable account of émigré life in London. 3 Henri-Pierre Danloux, Lady Jane Dalrymple Hamilton as Britannia. (Private collection) As this picture suggests, French émigré artists were not ashamed to commemorate victories over the French republic. At the sitter's feet a British lion is pawing the flag of the French ally, the Batavian republic, in celebration of the British victory, under the command of the sitter's father, Admiral Duncan, over the Dutch fleet at Camperdown in 1797. 4 Mme. Vigée Le Brun, Portrait of Count Stroganov as a child. (Collection Tatiana Zoubov) Mme. Vigée Le Brun, a favourite artist of Marie Antoinette, emigrated in 1791 and earned large sums painting portraits of members of royal and noble families in Vienna, Naples, Saint Petersburg and London until her eventual return to France in 1804. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii From Coblenz to Hartwell: the Émigré Government and the European Powers, 1791–1814....Pages 1-27 A European Destiny: the Armée de Condé, 1792–1801....Pages 28-42 London: Capital of the Emigration....Pages 43-67 French Émigrés in Hungary....Pages 68-82 Portugal and the Émigrés....Pages 83-100 French Emigres in Prussia....Pages 101-107 French Emigres in Edinburgh....Pages 108-123 Le milliard des émigrés: the Impact of the Indemnity Bill of 1825 on French Society....Pages 124-137 French Émigrés in the United States....Pages 138-150 The Émigré Novel....Pages 151-164 Danloux in England (1792-1802): an Émigré Artist....Pages 165-183 The Image of the Republic in the Press of Émigrés, the London 1792-1802....Pages 184-196 Burke, Boisgelin and the Politics of the Émigré Bishops....Pages 197-213 ‘Fearless resting place’: the Exiled French Clergy in Great Britain, 1789-1815....Pages 214-229 Back Matter....Pages 230-236 The Emigration during the French Revolution has often been treated with scorn. It is time to redress this imbalance and to examine the Emigration in more detail. Were the émigrés the failures they were styled, by Balzac among others - tired remnants of a lost civilisation? This book seeks to explore the Emigration as both a cultural and political phenomenon, underpinned by the ideas of the Enlightenment and supported by some of the most brilliant writers and artists in France at the end of the eighteenth century. It shows that among the émigrés was a much broader cross-section of French people than has previously been represented. Not all wanted to restore the absolute monarchy but few wanted a republic. The émigrés were political refugees, caught between the domestic turmoil of France and the international rivalries of the European powers. Many subsequently achieved power both within and outside France. This is their story Annotation The Emigration during the French Revolution has often been treated with scorn. It is time to redress this imbalance and to examine the Emigration in more detail. Were the migrs the failures they were styled, by Balzac among others - tired remnants of a lost civilisation? This book seeks to explore the Emigration as both a cultural and political phenomenon, underpinned by the ideas of the Enlightenment and supported by some of the most brilliant writers and artists in France at the end of the eighteenth century. It shows that among the migrs was a much broader cross-section of French people than has previously been represented. Not all wanted to restore the absolute monarchy but few wanted a republic. The migrs were political refugees, caught between the domestic turmoil of France and the international rivalries of the European powers. Many subsequently achieved power both within and outside France. This is their story The French Émigrés in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814 underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the Émigrés. Different specialist essays describe their impact from London to Hungary, from Lisbon to Prussia, and confirm their critical importance in the politics, ideology and culture of their time. The French Émigrés were more than refugees, they were active, and often remarkably successful, agents on the European struggle against the French Revolution. This volume underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the Émigrés. Different specialist essays describe their impact from London to Hungary, from Lisbon to Prussia, and confirm their critical importance in the politics, ideology, and culture of their time. The French Émigrés were more than refugees, they were active, and often remarkably successful, agents on the European struggle against the French Revolution The French Emigres in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814 underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the Emigres. The French Emigres were more than refugees, they were active, and often remarkably successful, agents on the European struggle against the French Revolution.