Excerpt from Les Prisons de l'Europe, Vol. 3: Bicêtre, la Conciergerie, la Force, la Salpêtrière, le Por l'Évêque, Saint-Lazare, le Chatelet, la Tournelle, l'Abbaye, Sainte -Pélagie, Pierre en Poissy, Ham, Fenestrelles, le Chateau d'If, Chateau Trompette, le Mont Saint-Michel, ClairvauxIl est à remarquer que la plupart ades° pmsbn3 se'mëîënt avoir hésité à se déclarer prisons tout d' abord, leur nom léur faisait peur. Ainsi la Bastille élève ses tours, creuse ses fossés, pointe ses canons, et dit Je suis une forteresse, voyez mes bastions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.