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Authors: Jonathan Beckman
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‘I must arrest him’
: op. cit., p.110.
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ministerial committee
: see Castries, p.298ff.
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‘is excessive proof ‘ . . . ‘yet seen’
:
Louis XVI and the comte de Vergennes: correspondence 1774–1787
, edited by John Hardman and Munro Price, Louis XVI to Vergennes, 16 August 1785.
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still cheerful
: see
Mémoires Secrets
, 17 August 1785.
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‘horrors of tyranny’
: quoted in
Lettres de Cachet and Social Control
by Brian E. Strayer, p.xii.
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‘greatest part of the nation’
:
Des Lettres de cachet et des prisons d’état
by the marquis de Mirabeau (Hamburg, 1782), p.208.
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of the Enlightenment
: the picture of the Bastille is based on
The Bastille: A History of a Symbol of Despotism and Freedom
by Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink & Rolf Reichardt and
Citizens
by Simon Schama.
156
‘best Moka coffee’
: quoted in
Citizens
, Schama, p.392.
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‘more cruel than death’
:
Mémoires sur le Bastille et sur le détention de M Linguet, écrit par lui-même
(London, 1783), p.67.
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‘you an order’
:
Mémoires Secrets
, 1 September 1785.
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‘as friends’
: Castries, p.301ff. The rest of the interview with Vergennes and Castries is taken from this source.
14. Hotel Bastille
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‘we will take’ . . . ‘distinguish them’
: LJSRV I, p.398.
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The pair interrogated
: the transcript of Jeanne’s Interrogation is contained in AN K162/14/2.
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‘reaching the courts’
: AN K162/14/2/5.
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‘great man’ . . . ‘god’ . . . ‘to have done’
: AN K162/14/2/7-9.
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‘appeared suspect’
: Bastille MS12457/27.
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‘through medicine’
: AN F7/4445/2–4550/2, ‘Interrogation with Cagliostro’, 1.
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age of eighteen
: AN F7/4445/2–4550/2, ‘Interrogation with Cagliostro’, 7. The initial set of interrogations with witnesses are contained in AN F7/4445/2–4550/2.
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‘eyes of everyone’
: D’Arneth and Flammermont, vol. 1, Marie Antoinette to Joseph II, 22 August 1785.
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‘in her hand’
: ibid.
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‘I am accused’
: the account of this meeting is taken from Castries, pp. 303–4.
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‘confound that woman’
: ibid.
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‘rebuke her’
: Georgel, vol. 2, p.122.
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‘mercy of the king’
: op. cit., p.126.
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‘justice and goodwill’
: BN JdF 2088/36.
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‘being discovered’
: D’Arneth and Flammermont, vol. 1, Marie Antoinette to Joseph II, 19 September 1785.
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‘one of his subjects’
: Georgel, vol. 2, p.129.
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to a secular tribunal
: for the papal reaction to the arrest see AAE CP Rome/901–3.
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theft of the necklace
: Harger and Biln’s report is found in BHVP MS713/143–7.
15. Witness Protection
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‘unknown to the queen’ . . . ‘La Mothe de Valois’
: Compte Rendu, ‘Pieces Justificatives’, pp. 3–5.
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‘to be destroyed’
: ibid.
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on 6 September
: BN JdF 2088/42.
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‘offices of state’
: MCB, p.45.
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‘sale of the necklace’
: BN JdF 2088/12.
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‘accomplices in the crime’ . . . ‘declaration he made’
: for the changing versions, see BN JdF 2088/15–30.
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the king’s largesse
: on Titon, see
La Prostitution et La Police des Moeurs au XVIIIe Siecle
by Erica-Marie Benabou, p.387.
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‘morals even looser’
: Georgel, vol. 2, p.131.
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‘as a sentinel’
: the account of Beugnot’s worries and de Crosne’s attempt to recruit him for Jeanne’s lawyer derives from MCB, pp. 76–81.
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‘imbecile’
: AAE CP Angleterre 556/163.
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‘Neither myself . . . bring a case’
: BHVP MS691/31–2.
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On 3 November
: BHVP MS691/45.
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‘imperious harshness’
: Georgel, vol. 2, p.115.
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renewed vigour
: on Georgel’s endeavours, see Georgel, vol. 2, p.116ff. Much of his work is confirmed by the Dossier Target (BHVP MS691).
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‘de Valois’
: BHVP MS691/150.
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passed on copies to Georgel
: BHVP MS691/187.
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Most pressing . . . all creditors
: Georgel, vol. 2, p.143ff.
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Not long after
: on Loth and Georgel, see op. cit., p.148ff.
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Loth was . . . dressing in mufti
: on Loth, see AN X2B 1417/54/Loth and MCB, p.53. On his extracurricular activities see BN JdF 2088/371.
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‘an unattractive figure’
: AAE CP Autriche 350/289.
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Georgel, now informed
: on Carbonnières in London, see Georgel, vol. 2, pp. 167–8, AAE CP Angleterre 554/158, 170 and 333, and AAE MDF 1399/248.
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A crucial breakthrough
: on d’Oliva’s capture, see AAE MDF 1399/228–89.
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‘take secret measures . . . have them arrested’
: quoted in
L’affaire du collier
, Lever, p.177.
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‘mischievous or wicked’
: AAE MDF 1399/278.
16. Tired and Emotional
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‘other matter’
: BN JdF 2088/204.
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at the Palais de Justice
: testimonies are recorded in AN X2B/1417/54 and AN X2B/1417/68.
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that sum of money
: Loth’s testimony is AN X2B/1417/54/Loth.
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rather than cash
: see AN X2B/1417/54/Laporte and AN X2B/1417/54/ Bassenge.
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‘what this means’
: AN X2B/1417/54/D’Oliva.
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‘assured [him] he’ . . . ‘had been intended’
: AN X2B/1417/54/ Sainte-James.
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‘no useful purpose’
: AAE CP Rome 901/373.
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‘pains me’
: Castries, p.309.
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She obtained a portrait
: PLMA, p.203.
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‘a lot of effort’
: BN JdF 2088/196.
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‘would not be right’
: PLMA, p.203.
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‘have other consequences’
: d’Arneth and Flammermont, Marie Antoinette to Joseph II, 27 December 1785.
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Laurencel was invariably
: Laurencel’s memorandum, from which all these quotations are taken, is found in BN JdF 2088/66–9.
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‘lost man’
: Georgel, vol. 2, pp. 151–2.
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On 14 December
: AN X2B/1417/69; Hardy, 14 December 1785.
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‘doubtless clear him’
: BHVP MS691/294–5.
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Decrets de prise de corps
: AN X2B/1417/62; Hardy, 15 December 1785.
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‘forty-eight people?’
: Castries, p.309.
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‘with weary watching’
: LJSRV I, p.412.
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in the cell below
: see AN X2B/1417/10/Planta. On Pelleport, see
The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
by Robert Darnton, pp.167–76.
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‘my glory, my valour’
: AN X2B/1417/17/6; LJSRV I, p.446.
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‘and was silent’
: LJSRV I, p.412.
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On one occasion
: op. cit., p.442.
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‘and painful succession’
: op. cit., p.435ff.
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on suicide watch
: Bastille, MS12457/12.
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each day
: Castries, p.321. The account of Rohan in the Bastille derives primarily from Georgel, vol. 2, p.134ff.
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oysters and champagne
: see
The Diamond Necklace
, Funck-Brentano, p.244.
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and his doctor
: Bastille MS12457/59.
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A severe attack of asthma . . . exquisite pain
: see Hardy, 12 October 1785, 4 November 1785, 24 November 1785 and BHVP MS691/4–5.
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contradictions in evidence
: see BHVP MS691/3–29.
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smothering depression
: BHVP MS691/184.
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‘blood off the tracks’
: BHVP MS691/6.
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In normal circumstances
. . . die in prison BN JdF 2088/46; AN X2B/1417/82; Hardy, 1 January 1786.
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Georgel had been
: Georgel, vol. 2, p.179.
17. Nicolas Abroad: A Picaresque
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him in Scotland
: Hardy, 4 December 1785.
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with Barbary pirates
: HVJSR, p.67.
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in the Low Countries
: AAE MDF 1399/139.
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embark for India
: CP Autriche 350/248.
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the cardinal’s defence
: see Georgel, vol. 2, p.208.
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With his usual
: see HJSRV, p.66 and Mémoire Rohan, p.17.
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‘Madame de La Motte’ . . . ‘for a quick escape’
: MCB, p.172.
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He made over . . . look after them
: AAE MDF 1399/182; BN Jdf 2088/102.
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Having told his servants
: the only accounts of Nicolas’s spell in Britain are his own, which are to be found in NLM, p.67ff and MJ II, p.91ff.
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an arrest warrant
: AAE CP Angleterre 554/171.
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‘was most touching’ . . . ‘business’
: NLM, p.81.
18. Questions, Questions
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delayed the interrogations
: Hardy, 1 January 1786.
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‘What is your name’ . . . ‘Boehmer and Bassenge?’
: ‘Interrogation with Rohan’, Campardon, p.206. The full transcripts of all the suspects’ interrogations are given in the ‘Pièces Justificatives’ to
Marie-Antoinette et le procès de collier
by Emile Campardon.
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during the interrogation
: BN JdF 2088/72–3.
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‘want to trick me’
: ‘Interrogation with Rohan’, Campardon, p.208.
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‘be the queen in Versailles’
: op. cit., p.209.
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‘the shape of the letters’
: op. cit., p.208.
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‘in their interests’
: op. cit., pp. 212–13.
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‘all these facts’
: op. cit., p.209.
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‘with which I acted’
: op. cit., p.22.
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‘the august name of the queen’
: op. cit., pp. 240–1.
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‘as I had done’
: op. cit., pp. 241–2.
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‘police and the public’
: BHVP MS691/187.
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‘to ease them’
: ‘Interrogation with Jeanne de La Motte’, Campardon, p.274.