"When first published [1824] the memoirs were accepted as Fouché's own work, but owing to a suit instituted by his family they were later admitted to ...
"When first published [1824] the memoirs were accepted as Fouché's own work, but owing to a suit instituted by his family they were later admitted to be that of Alphonse de Beauchamp ... But ... the work is undoubtedly based on Fouché's own notes and papers."--Introd.