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The days of the Directoire (1910)

Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard), Abbott, John Colby · London, John Lane · leaf 47

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ctors were assigned suitesof apartments in the adjoining building, the PetitLuxembourg, which had been restored and beautifiedat the same time as the main body of the Palace. Thisannexe, itself a spacious and beautiful building, wasoriginally built by Cardinal Richelieu, and he made ithis residence… … THE LUXEMBOURG IN 1796—A CONTRAST 25 precincts of the main building, while after the fallof the Directoire, Napoleon as First Consul andJosephine occupied the main Luxembourg until theirremoval to the Tuileries heralded the Empire. The Government was thus, within a year of its firstunpromising…

French Revolution, 1795-1799 (Directoire) · Costume, French · France -- Social life and customs

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