Moore, John. The Travel Writings of John Moore. Vol. 3: A Journal During a Residence in France, from the Beginning of August to the Middle of December, 1792 (1793). Ed. Ben P. Robertson. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2014. The Travel Writings of John Moore is a four-volume set that reprints the late-eighteenth-century travel writings of Scottish physician John Moore, who lived from 1729 to 1802. The edition provides a general introduction, four volume introductions, and textual and explanatory notes. A chronology of Moore's life appears in Volume 1, and Volume 4 includes an index for all four volumes. The edition also reproduces eight contemporary images of Moore that are held at the Wellcome Library in London and at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. Volume 3: A Journal During a Residence in France, from the Beginning of August to the Middle of December, 1792 (1793) One of the most compelling of Moore’s narratives, A Journal relates his experiences in revolutionary France in 1792 as the travelling companion of the Earl of Lauderdale. Moore concentrates especially on the embattled French monarchy, describing the reaction of ‘le peuple souverain’ [the sovereign people] to the aristocracy. Not surprisingly, the witty playfulness of the earlier volumes is largely absent from this narrative. Moore was witness to the aftermath of the 10th of August attack on the Tuileries Palace that marked the end of the Bourbon monarchy. He describes turning away from the grisly scene in disgust at the violence inflicted on the Swiss Guards, and he also narrates his visits to meetings of the National Assembly and the National Convention, during some of which the French royal family were present. Moore even attended several gatherings of the famous Jacobin Club, where he heard inflammatory speeches by Jean-Paul Marat and Maximilien Robespierre. Largely sympathetic to the monarchy, Moore takes great pains to describe the groupthink that characterized the insurgents and prompted much of the violence. Promotional leaflet: Leaflet