… sociability was central to Letters as a whole, the epistolary form had evolved significantly over the course of the
violence and the trials of the Revolution. From volumes 3 and 4 of the first series onwards, which Williams wrote after … was to uphold (as can be seen in Souvenirs ), the volumes of the second series grew increasingly dark as the spiral of
violence escalated. Hauntingly, they emphasised the ‘sinister duality of the festival ' 20 : with the processions leading … France Since the Restoration in 1815 (London: Baldwin, 1819). 25 . This question was central in her condemnation of the
violence against the Protestants in the Midi after the defeat at Waterloo during the White Terror of 1815 (On the Late …