“Book Descriptions: An 1831 short story, Le Réquisitionnaire takes place in November 1793 and features Madame de Dey, a danger seeking aristocrat, whose one love is for her son, the sole heir of the family. Already widowed at the time of the Terror, she has retired from Court and settled in Carentan, where she is apparently the most popular person in town. However, rumours run wild when Madame de Dey's evenings are cancelled twice in a row.” DRIVE
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