French author and political writer, born in Paris on the 18th of March 1802. Louis Bonaparte appointed him his private secretary in 1819, and in 1827 he became the tutor of the young Duc d’Aumale. His career as a writer opened in 1834, when he became connected with the Journal des Débats. The articles published by him in this paper in 1872 concerning the plans and methods of the monarchist party brought him temporarily into great prominence. His numerous writings include Studies and Portraits; Historical and Literary Studies; and Political and Revolutionary Portraits. He died in Paris on the 18th of October 1887.
