A Political Romance

1. Introduction: ‘What admirable pages!’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

Part I. Years of Hope, 1872–1877

2. ‘The unforgettable day of 27 April’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

3. ‘I want you to devote yourself to the Republic’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

4. ‘Thank you for being my strength, my hope’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

5. ‘I am smiling at your triumph, at our love’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

Part II. A Bourgeois Couple in the Third Republic

6. ‘We’ll go and laugh at the Palais-Royal’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

7. ‘We will proudly put our heads together in books’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

8. This religion satisfies my soul’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

Part III. Years of Frustration, 1877–1882

9. ‘What glory, to have created a new France’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

10. ‘Triumphant and full of regrets’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

11. ‘Poor France, I had other dreams’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

12. ‘People are weeping for the patriot, the orator’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

13. Epilogue: ‘The writings remain’
Susan K. Foley, Charles Sowerwine

Avainsanat: History, European History, Social History, History of France, Modern History, History of Military