Benjamin Constant

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Louis, XVIII, King of France 206, 207;
BC’s defence of 213;
death 237;
issues Charter 209;
Second Restoration (1815) 222–3
Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans and later King of France 238–9, 247, 253
Louvel, Louis-Pierre (assassin of Ducde Berry) 230
Louvet de Couvray, Jean-Baptiste 141, 142, 143, 145
de Loys, Antoinette (BC’s cousin) 171, 182


Ma Vie (Le Cahier rouge) 13–18, 23, 24, 30, 33, 34, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 51–2, 56, 57, 60,
62, 64–5, 66, 68, 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, 84–5, 85, 87, 88, 90, 93, 94, 95, 100–2, 105, 122,
127, 274;
on BC in Edinburgh 263–4n;
as indictment of Juste 195, 199;
ironic tone 195;
lack of readily available English translation 195;
and nature of freedom 206;
style 253
Macfarlan, Frederic, letter to BC on Edinburgh contemporaries 54, 57–8
Mackay, John 98
Mackenzie, Sir David, on BC at Edinburgh 266n
Mackintosh, Sir James:
on BC’s ‘oddity’ 58;
and BC’s visit to Edinburgh (1787) 101;
death 253;
friendship with BC 48–9, 244–5, 264n;
Germaine de Staël meets 208;
intellectual gifts 48–9, 53;
on John Wilde 53;
on Malcolm Laing 50;
reunion with BC (1814) 211;
on Thomas Emmet 50–1;
Memoirs 46–7, 49, 244, 264n, 265n, 296n, 299n
Macknight, Rev. Thomas:
Macfarlan on 54;
on Malcolm Laing 50;
memoir on Speculative Society 53–4, 58, 264n, 265n, 266n
Macpherson, James, Works of Ossian 49–50
Magnin, Marianne 2–3, 6, 22, 27, 28–31, 71, 75, 89, 106, 121, 251, 252;
BC’s relationship with 30–1;
claiming share of BC’s inheritance 121–2;
disputes with BC about money 172;
financial gains from Juste 30–1;
marriage to Juste 120, 122, 150, 199
Malarmey de Roussillon, Camille de, on BC and Madame de Staël 140


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