Octave Aubry

Octave Aubry ( born September 1, 1881 in Paris, † March 27, 1946 ) was a French historian and writer.

Life

In Paris Aubry attended the Lycée Voltaire and the Lycée Charlemagne. Subsequently, he studied history, including Albert Sorel. After a few visits England and Spain, he decided to create a career as a writer in France.

He was admitted to the Académie française on February 14, 1946 along with Ernest Seillière, Jean Tharaud, René Grousset and Robert d' Harcourtin. This constituted the first group choice, as during the previous occupation no elections were conducted. Aubry was the successor of Bishop Alfred Baudrillart ( armchair 8).

He died only a month after his admission on 27 March 1946 in Paris andf there and also his last resting place.

Reception

His first publication was a Verssammlung under the title De l' amour, de l' irony, de Pity. Due to his interest in history, he wrote in the wake numerous historical novels such as Louis XVII. , Bonaparte et Josephine, Le Coup d' état ​​de Brumaire and Marie Waleska.

As a historian, he was a connoisseur of the 19th century and wrote several scientific works on personalities of the time, as Napoleon III. , The Empress Eugénie, Une Histoire du Second Empire, La Vie privée de Napoléon Révolution française or La.

Works (selection)

Fiction

  • Le Roi perdu. Louis XVII. retrouvé. Mémoire du comte de inédit Vaisons. 21 edition Fayard, Paris, 1924. German translation: The lost king. Saturn -Verlag, Vienna, 1939.
  • German Translation: Maria Walevska. A novel about Napoleon's secret love. Franckh, Stuttgart 1938.
  • German translation: The bed of the king. Casanova's only love. Loner Verlag, Berlin, 1926.

Non-fiction

  • De l' amour, de l' irony, de Pity. Plon- Nourrit, Paris 1904.
  • Le Roman de l' énergie individual. La face d' airain. Plon- Nourrit, Paris 1906.
  • De la loi de en matière pardon Criminal Procedure. Pichon & Durand- Auzias, Paris 1908 ( zugl. dissertation, University of Paris, 1908).
  • L' Homme sur la cime. Plon- Nourrit, Paris 1912.
  • Le Chemin de Damas. In 1912.
  • Sœur Anne. Plon- Nourrit, Paris 1912.
  • Couleur de sang. Fayard, Paris 1928.
  • Une tragédie de palais ( Gaspard Hauser). Fayard, Paris 1934 (former Title: L' Orphelin de l'Europe ).
  • Napoléon III. Fayard, Paris, 1929. German translation: Napoleon III. C. E. Krug Verlag, Leipzig 1930.
  • German translation: Empress Eugenie. Rentsch Verlag, Erlenbach - Zürcih 1940.
  • German Translation: The King of Rome. Rentsch Verlag, Erlenbach - Zurich in 1949.
  • German translation: St. Helena. Rentsch Verlag, Erlenbach - Zurich 1936
  • L' Aiglon prisonnier. Flammarion, Paris, 1935.
  • Le « Ménage » de Napoléon. Napoléon, Talma et Mlle George; Marie -Louise, duchesse de Parme; Pèlerinage à Sainte -Hélène; Les Anglais et Napoléon ( Napoléon et son temps, Vol 1). Flammarion, Paris, 1936.
  • La Mort de l' Aiglon. Flammarion, Paris, 1936.
  • Le Règne de Napoléon III. Flammarion, Paris, 1937.
  • Le Second Empire. Fayard, Paris, 1938. German Translation: The Second Empire. Rentsch Verlag, Erlenbach - Zurich in 1938.
  • German translation: Napoleon private. Rentsch Verlag, Erlenbach - Zurich 1940.
  • German translation: Napoleon as a writer. No entertainment -Verlag, Freudenstadt 1948.
  • German Translation: The French Revolution. Rentsch Verlag, Erlenbach - Zurich 1946/48 ( 2 vols )
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