She made a famous journey through La vendee on horseback to rally the Royalists.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman
Here and there, in the Angoumois, in Guienne, in the vendee, and in the western parts of Brittany, the student of forgotten history may find an old priest who will still persist in dividing France into the ancient provinces, and will tell how Hope rode through the Royalist country when he himself was busy at his first cure.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman
Those colder, sterner men of Brittany, who, in later times, compared notes with the nobles of Guienne and the vendee, seemed to talk of a different man; for they spoke of one who rarely laughed, and never turned aside from a chosen path which was in no wise bordered by flowers.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman