Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb (Penguin Classics)
The only available edition in English of the greatest of all French autobiographies By the time he came to write his extraordinary, highly entertaining memoirs, Chateaubriand had witnessed some of the iconic figures and events of French historyfrom the court of Louis XVI, to the reign of...
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The only available edition in English of the greatest of all French autobiographies By the time he came to write his extraordinary, highly entertaining memoirs, Chateaubriand had witnessed some of the iconic figures and events of French historyfrom the court of Louis XVI, to the reign of Napoleon, to the disaster of Waterloo, to life under the Restoration. Written across different times and places, Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb tells of exotic adventures to the farthest points of the globe, of heroic battles and political struggles, and of the loneliness of a restless soul. And its startling candorbecause it would be published only from beyond the tomb”makes it almost ridiculously enjoyable.
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ISBN:
9780141393124 (0141393122)
Publish date: February 6th 2014
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English