The Soldier's Reward

“Winner of the David H. Pinkney Prize, Society of French Historical Studies”
“Shortlisted for the Kenshur Prize, Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Indiana University”
”[The Soldier’s Reward] examines romantic relationships and marriage at a time when many men of marriageable age were facing a military service that would rip them from their families and romantic partners. The ‘reward’ of the book’s title refers to the promise of marriage awaiting men after an (undetermined) period of military service in defence of the nation… . But as Heuer’s impressive research demonstrates, the disconnect between fantasy and reality was profound.”—Christine Adams, History Today
“An important contribution to the literature on the history of gender and the family in France across the revolutionary divide” * Choice *
“Continuing the recent trend to examine the post-war lives of soldiers in different wars and the efforts of nation-states to demobilize and reintegrate soldiers into civilian life, Jennifer Heuer makes a noteworthy contribution… . The Soldier’s Reward is a good example of integrating military history with social and cultural history. Heuer is particularly original in her use of plays and art to bring out how the image of the French soldier changed between the Ancien Regime and the Restoration.”—Alexander Stavropoulos, The NYMAS Review

Jennifer Ngaire Heuer is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the author of The Family and the Nation: Gender and Citizenship in Revolutionary France, 17891830 and the editor (with Mette Harder) of Life in Revolutionary France.

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