Contents

I: Mademoiselle

In which I am told an extraordinary fortune

In which I am punished

In which the mystères have their way

In which I suffer a bitter disappointment & hope is offered a new

In which I fall in love

In which I am betrothed

II: Vicomtesse

In which I come to the Old World

In which I am introduced to my fiancé

In which I come to my city of dreams

In which I am married & learn the facts of life

In which I am too much alone

In which I become a mother & discover a terrible truth

In which I come to the end of my endurance

III: Madame

In which I am banished to a convent

In which ill-fortune plagues us

In which I return home

In which storms rage

In which I confront the past

In which two worlds claim my heart

In which we flee under cannon fire

IV: Citoyenne

In which I am reunited with my son

In which I discover my husband a changed man

In which I suffer a great loss

In which Alexandre is a hero

In which we are at war

In which I take desperate measures

In which I become a good Republican

In which we grieve for our King

In which my husband's star rises and falls

In which I try to escape Paris

In which I go to the aid of my husband

In which my husband and I are reconciled

In which my worst fear is realized

In which Death calls, and I listen

V: La Merveilleuse

In which I walk among the living & the dead

In which ghosts come to life

In which I must bid farewell to those I love

In which friends comfort & distress me

In which I am witness to a wedding

In which I learn the true value of friendship

In which I am warned

In which a child is born & a child dies

In which intrigue is the rule of the day

In which I am introduced to a strange little man

In which I find a home

In which we are at war again

In which my heart is broken

In which I am courted

In which I must decide

In which I have cause to regret

In which we begin again, & yet again

Chronology

Genealogy

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgements