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Memoir of Lady Clementina Drummond at Saint Germain and Edinburgh
The reminiscences recount a life bridging old Edinburgh society and French court circles. Lady Clementina Drummond Davies recalls her family from Saint Germain before and during the Revolution, with vivid sketches of Marie Antoinette, Davy, Scott, Siddons, and Byron, mingling wittily with courtly life, fashion, and dances.
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Clementina Davies
Lady Davies
Talleyrand
Davies
Edinburgh
Clementina Drummond
Chateau de St. Germain
Louis
Marie Antoinettee
Clementina
Trianon
Marie Antoinette
France
Cagliostro
Drummonds
St. Germains
Sotteville
Mirabeau
Chateau
St. Germain
England
Charles Edward
Culloden
Drummond
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry
Catalini
Lord Fingall
Dean Stanley
John Kemble
Mrs. Siddons
Kembles
Neil Gow
St. Bernard’s Well
Miss Baillie
Mr. Cumming Gordon
Miss Wharton Duff
Mary Stuart
Mr. Buller
Miss Duff
Knight
Francis Sykes
Captain Sykes
Leith
Lord Buchan
Scotland
London
Almack
Lord Byron
Prince of Wales
George
First Empire
Napoleon
Josephine
Malmaison
Vicomte de Beauharnais
Elba