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A Political Romance

Léon Gambetta, Léonie Léon and the Making of the French Republic, 1872-82

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  1. Susan K. Foley
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  2. Charles Sowerwine
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: ‘What admirable pages!’

    1. Introduction: ‘What admirable pages!’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 3-7

  3. Years of Hope, 1872–1877

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. ‘The unforgettable day of 27 April’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 11-26

    3. ‘I want you to devote yourself to the Republic’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 29-50

    4. ‘Thank you for being my strength, my hope’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 53-71

    5. ‘I am smiling at your triumph, at our love’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 73-93

  4. A Bourgeois Couple in the Third Republic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. ‘We’ll go and laugh at the Palais-Royal’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 97-116

    3. ‘We will proudly put our heads together in books’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 119-136

    4. This religion satisfies my soul’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 139-156

  5. Years of Frustration, 1877–1882

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. ‘What glory, to have created a new France’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 159-175

    3. ‘Triumphant and full of regrets’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 177-199

    4. ‘Poor France, I had other dreams’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 201-222

    5. ‘People are weeping for the patriot, the orator’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 225-246

    6. Epilogue: ‘The writings remain’

      • Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine
      Pages 249-254

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 255-315
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About this book

Léon Gambetta is renowned as a founder of the French Third Republic. This unique study of his correspondence with his lover, Léonie Léon, provides a fascinating insight into their intimate and political partnership. It brings to life Gambetta as lover and politician, the unknown figure of Léon, and the political and cultural world of 1870s Paris.

About the authors

SUSAN K. FOLEY is Principal Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her publications include Women in France since 1789: the Meanings of Difference, and Flora Tristan: Life Stories.
 
CHARLES SOWERWINE is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Melbourne,
Australia, and Adjunct Professor of History at La Trobe University. His publications include France since 1870: Culture, Society and the Making of the Republic and Sisters or
Citizens? Women and Socialism in France since 1876.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Political Romance

  • Book Subtitle: Léon Gambetta, Léonie Léon and the Making of the French Republic, 1872-82

  • Authors: Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230369481

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-20686-1Published: 20 March 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30248-2Published: 01 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-36948-1Published: 20 March 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 314

  • Topics: European History, Social History, History of France, Modern History, History of Military

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