Helen Maria Williams [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… circulation of ideas between France and England through her intellectual and political circles as well as through her publications. She was a tireless chronicler of social practices and historical events from the Revolution to the … (Hawkins 1, 98) . At the height of The Terror, Williams, who was well known for her Girondist sympathies and her public criticism of the Jacobins in volumes 3 and 4 of her Letters (published in 1793), was forced into exile in … policy , 12 opened a cosmopolitan salon on the Quai Malaquais that could accommodate up to 70 guests. Known for its republican leanings (and placed under the surveillance of the First Consul’s police), it was frequented by liberals such as …
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