His Court and The Regency 6/8 A garbled version of extracts appeared in 1789, possibly being used as a Revolutionary text. Finally, in 1819, a descendant of the analyst, bearing the same name, obtained permission from Louis XVIII. to set this "prisoner of the Bastille" at liberty; and in 1829 an authoritative edition, revised and arranged by chapters, appeared. Saint-Simon had been merciless, from King down to lady's maid, in depicting the daily life of a famous Court. |