Ponson du Terrail (1829–1871)

[Pierre Alexis, Vicomte de Ponson].  French romance writer, born at Montmaur (Isère) on the 8th of July 1829. He was a prolific novelist, producing in the space of two years some seventy-three volumes. Among his most successful productions were Les Coulisses du monde (1853), Exploits de Rocambole (1859), Les Drames de Paris (1865) and Le Forgeron de la Cour-Dieu (1869). He died at Bordeaux on the 20th of January 1871.