Mémoires, Lettres Et Pièces Authentiques Touchant La Vie Et La Mort De S.A.R. Monseigneur Charles-Ferdinand D'Artois, Fils De France, Duc De Berry

Mémoires, lettres et pièces authentiques touchant la vie et la mort de S.A.R. Monseigneur Charles-Ferdinand d'Artois, Fils de France, Duc de Berry

by François-René de Chateaubriand

The book is a biography of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, the nephew of King Louis XVIII of France. The Duke was a prominent figure in the Bourbon Restoration and an outspoken supporter of ultra-royalist policies. He was assassinated in 1820 by a Bonapartist fanatic. The book provides a detailed account of the Duke's life and death, and offers insights into the political and social climate of France during the Restoration period.

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François-René de Chateaubriand, often referred to simply as Chateaubriand, was a prominent French writer, diplomat, and politician of the 19th century. Born on September 4, 1768, in Saint-Malo, France...

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