Histoire générale des émigrés pendant la Révolution française
By Henri Forneron
Published by E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie., 1884–1890
An essential classic of French Revolutionary history, Histoire générale des émigrés pendant la Révolution française by Henri Forneron offers one of the most comprehensive nineteenth-century studies of the French émigrés who fled the Revolution. Drawing extensively upon memoirs, correspondence, official records, and contemporary accounts, Forneron traces the political, military, and social history of the royalist exile community from the outbreak of the Revolution through the Revolutionary Wars and into the Napoleonic era.
The work explores the formation of émigré armies, the royal courts-in-exile at Koblenz and elsewhere, diplomatic efforts to restore the Bourbon monarchy, and the complex relationships between French exiles and the European powers that opposed Revolutionary France. It also examines the personal struggles of nobles, officers, clergy, and ordinary refugees forced into exile by the upheaval of the Revolution.
