Author | : Francois Rene De Chateaubriand |
Publisher | : Penguin Classics |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2014-02-06 |
ISBN 10 | : 0141393122 |
ISBN 13 | : 9780141393124 |
Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
Memoirs from Beyond the TombMemoirs from Beyond the Tomb
The most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb is the greatest and most influential of all French autobiographies - an extraordinary, highly entertaining account of a uniquely adventurous and frenzied life. Chateaubriand gives a superb narrative of the major events of his life - which spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era and the uneasy period that led up to the Revolution of 1830.