by François-René de Chateaubriand · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253016748
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The 'Memoirs from Beyond the Grave' by François-René de Chateaubriand, in its second volume, offers an intimate look at the life of a French writer and politician who was key in Romanticism. This edition, with the original text from 1849, includes a prologue, notes, and commentaries by Pierre Clarac, immersing the reader in the memoirs of a man who witnessed and starred in the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Empire, and the Restoration. Chateaubriand, considered a visionary, reflects on his time and the future, exploring themes of politics, religion, and the human condition with poetic and evocative prose.
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Brittany, Chateaubriand was a royalist by political disposition. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1822 to 1824 and as the French ambassador to Sweden, Prussia, the United Kingdom, and the Papal States.
