1797 Stories

Jacques-Louis de Bougrenet De La Tocnaye (1767-1823) was a minor French aristocrat, who fled France at the revolution along with thousands of others. He took refuge in Britain and, with no occupation, depended on the hospitality, not always generous, of various English and Scottish gentlemen. To occupy his time, and in the hope of making some money, he wrote an account of his travels, Promenade autour de la Grande Bretagne, "A Tour around Great Britain." This was a modest success and stimulated him to produce similar accounts of wanderings in Ireland and Scandinavia. The Irish volume, Promenade d'un Français dans l'Irlande, is the only one which has been translated into English, published under the title A Frenchman's Walk in Ireland in 1917. His journey, in 1796 and 1797, took him around the island in a clockwise direction, with a brief sojourn in Scotland during the winter. He walked almost the whole time, staying mainly in the houses of the Ascendancy when he had a letter of introduction, and in wretched inns and worse peasant hovels when this failed. As Britain was at war with revolutionary France at the time, he often found it useful to pretend to be Scottish, and conversed with people of all ranks of society; he even seems to have learned a little Irish. His observations are sympathetic and penetrating, and he always tries to see the good in everyone he meets, and to explain the country's defects on misgovernment rather than the innate inferiority of the Irish, which was the usual attitude of English visitors at the time.

On a July night in 1791, Maria Reynalds knocks on the wrong door. This causes history to play out in a very different, more pleasant way. Until 1798 when another scandal rocks Hamilton's life. When an old friend of Eliza's appears in New York City, Alexander soon realizes there is much more than a simple friendship between them. Alexander loves Eliza and wants nothing more than her happiness. This desire, coupled with his numerous and deep insecurities, may do more harm than good.

Its the year 1797. The two have been friends since as long as they can remember. Louis has always been open about his affections yet seems to be oblivious of those that he receives. When Katheryn loves someone, she does so with all of her heart. How could she admit her feeling to Louis, let alone herself, if that meant things changing?

Pierre is a young man living in the late 1700's. He's hard working and handsome but a bit of a coward and big decisions are not his forte, so when he finds a secret that puts others at risk, he has to choose save his own neck by keeping quiet or sending to doom as he saves others... maybe. His biggest question is who did this all in the first place? This story is a series of events told from Pierre's perspective with a few journal entries dashed in. hope you