Arthur Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand

Arthur Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand
Arthur Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand (1834–1900) was a French historian and writer known for his detailed works on the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era, and the lives of prominent women in French history. His books often focused on the courts of Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI, as well as the women who played significant roles during these periods. Among his notable works are "The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Louis XVIII" and "Marie Antoinette and the End of the Old Regime." His writings were well-regarded for their historical insight and lively portrayal of the French aristocracy.

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PARIS AT THE BEGINNING OF 1792. Paris in 1792 is no longer what it was in 1789. In 1789, the old French society was still brilliant. The past endured beside the present. Neither names nor escutcheons, neither liveries nor places at court, had been suppressed. The aristocracy and the Revolution lived face to face. In 1792, the scene has changed. The Paris of the nobility is no longer in Paris, but at... more...

THE ACCESSION OF CHARLES X Thursday, the 16th of September, 1824, at the moment when Louis XVIII. was breathing his last in his chamber of the Chateau des Tuileries, the courtiers were gathered in the Gallery of Diana. It was four o'clock in the morning. The Duke and the Duchess of Angouleme, the Duchess of Berry, the Duke and the Duchess of Orleans, the Bishop of Hermopolis, and the physicians... more...

INTRODUCTION. In 1814, while Napoleon was banished in the island of Elba, the Empress Marie Louise and her grandmother, Marie Caroline, Queen of Naples, happened to meet at Vienna. The one, who had been deprived of the French crown, was seeking to be put in possession of her new realm, the Duchy of Parma; the other, who had fled from Sicily to escape the yoke of her pretended protectors, the English,... more...