Author: Maurois, Andre,
Title: Chateaubriand: poet, statesman, lover.
Description: NY, Harper, 1938. 1st ed. G. French writer and statesman, born in Brittany, served in French army, traveled to U.S. returned to France and fought in Royalist. army, emigrated to England, returned to France to serve under Napoleon as minister to Republic of Valais. He went on to write as was said to mark the beginning of the romantic movement in French literature. Owner name and notes on endpapers, edge wear.

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