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MÉMOIRES D’UNE CONTEMPORAINE; ou, Souvenirs d’une Femme sur les Principaux Personnages de la République, du Consulat, de l’Empire, etc.

These Memoirs present some of those extraordinary adventures which seem rather to belong to the province of Romance than to that of Private History. “But this History,” says Mad. de St. Elme, “however romantic it may appear, is nevertheless the true account of my life;” and she cites as witnesses, all the renowned Characters who figure in her pages, those great Captains, those profound Statesmen, those celebrated Men of Letters and eminent Artists, whom she groups around her person.