The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England. volume 5 (of 6): Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 5

Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de

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"The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to..." by François-René de Chateaubriand is a memoir published posthumously in 1849 and 1850. Written over decades and originally intended for release fifty years after his death, this work blends political history with intimate personal confessions. The founder of French Romanticism recounts his life as soldier, traveler, novelist, and statesman, chronicling both his private aspirations and the epic events of his era through poetic prose that made him an idol to young Romantics like Victor Hugo. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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• Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848

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• Biographies
• History - European
• History - Religious

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