 ... decree of the assembly. Mirabeau had apparently won the greatest public triumph of his life. The historians of this period represent him as coming forth victoriously from the struggle. This is not the truth. The discussion did not end with the close...  Mirabeau's Foreign Policy - Page 15by Gideon Waldemar Kilness - 1921 - 86 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American Historical Association - History - 1891 - 542 pages
...truth. The discussion did not end with the close of the debate in the assembly. Mirabeau's opponents affirmed that in his second speech he had abandoned...had changed the entire character of it. In a word, they declared that while winning an apparent victory, he had suffered a real defeat. In reply to these... | |
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