Récits d'une tante (Vol. 4 de 4) Mémoires de la Comtesse de Boigne, née d'Osmond

Presented as the personal journals of a French aristocrat, this memoir offers a rare, first‑hand view of the July Revolution of 1830. The Countess of Boigne writes from her original manuscript, openly noting the unevenness of her style while insisting on the sincerity of her observations. She places herself in the bustling streets and shadowy salons of Paris, poised between the victorious and the displaced, and begins recounting the week when the city trembled with change.

In vivid, sometimes fragmentary scenes she describes the expulsion of the Duchess of Berry, the public celebrations surrounding the Duke of Orleans’s marriage, and the sudden death of Talleyrand, all filtered through her own impressions. Her tone remains unusually impartial; she records what she saw and heard without trying to favor any faction, noting the hopes, anxieties, and fleeting details that colored the streets. Listeners are invited into a world where grand political drama and intimate salon gossip coexist, offering a textured portrait of a nation on the brink.