The most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb is the greatest and most influential of all French autobiographies - an extraordinary, highly entertaining account of a uniquely adventurous and frenzied life. Chateaubriand gives a superb narrative of the major events of his life - which spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era and the uneasy period that led up to the Revolution of 1830.

Typisch groot ego, op zoek naar rechtvaardiging; sterk romantische trekjes, maar toch niet overdreven.
Type: liberaal tot en met in zijn principes (vrijheid centraal), maar politiek duidelijk conservatief (optie voor monarchie); vandaar isolement
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