BOOK V

The years 1807, 1808, 1809 and 1810--Article in the Mercure of July 1807--I purchase the Vallée-aux-Loups and retire to it--The _Martyrs_--Armand de Chateaubriand--The years 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814--Publication of the _Itinéraire_--Letter from the Cardinal de Bausset--Death of Chénier--I become a member of the Institute--The affair of my speech--The decennial prizes--The _Essai sur les Révolutions_--The _Natchez._

PART THE THIRD

1814-1830

BOOKS I AND II

The last days of the Empire