Secret Memoirs of the Regency: The Minority of Louis XV

by Charles Pinot Duclos and E Jules B 1870 Meras

Book Overview

Duclos was in his time, as much as his contemporaries Diderot or Voltaire, one of the great personages of the republic of letters; he was, more than any other writer, loaded with titles and honors. He became in turn mayor of Dinan, deputy to the Etats of Brittany, member of the Acad mie Fran aise when about forty years of age, historiographer of France, then finally, in 1775, secr taire perp tuel of the Acad mie. In his capacity of historiographer,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410209997
• ISBN13: 9781410209993
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 8.0"