La maison en ordre : $b comment un révolutionnaire devint royaliste

In the opening pages a sixty‑year‑old man looks back on a life marked by restless idealism and bitter disappointment. Raised in the fervor of the Revolution, he followed a romantic, rebellious spirit that led him into the tumult of philosophy, literature and the politics of his era. The narrative quickly turns to the moment his search for meaning found the Catholic Church, a conversion he describes as “a return to order,” granting him a sense of discipline, hierarchy and stability he never felt before.

From this spiritual rebirth an unexpected political shift emerges. Disillusioned by the chaotic parties, the fickle parliaments and the chaotic whims of universal suffrage, he begins to view a restored monarchy as the only remedy for France’s woes. His early readings of the Action Française and the writings of Maurras reinforce this belief, setting the stage for a personal journey from revolutionary fire to royalist conviction.