Memoirs: 1885-1967
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the salons of Belle Époque France to the turbulent front lines of two World Wars, André Maurois's Memoirs: 1885–1967 stands as one of the twentieth century's most luminous autobiographical works, chronicling eight decades of an extraordinary life lived at the very heart of European intellectual and political culture. Born Émile Herzog in Normandy, Maurois — soldier, diplomat, novelist, and one of France's most celebrated men of letters — recounts his remarkable journey with the precision of a historian and the warmth of a born storyteller, painting vivid portraits of the writers, statesmen, and thinkers who shaped his age. Translated into English by Denver Lindley with exceptional elegance, the memoir illustrates Maurois's singular gift for weaving the personal and the universal into a seamless narrative, a quality that earned him a seat in the Académie française. His reflections on friendship, creativity, war, and the passage of time carry a profound humanism that resonates far beyond the confines of a single life — leaving the reader to wonder what secrets of genius and endurance this supremely civilised man still has left to impart.
Author: André Maurois
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the salons of Belle Époque France to the turbulent front lines of two World Wars, André Maurois's Memoirs: 1885–1967 stands as one of the twentieth century's most luminous autobiographical works, chronicling eight decades of an extraordinary life lived at the very heart of European intellectual and political culture. Born Émile Herzog in Normandy, Maurois — soldier, diplomat, novelist, and one of France's most celebrated men of letters — recounts his remarkable journey with the precision of a historian and the warmth of a born storyteller, painting vivid portraits of the writers, statesmen, and thinkers who shaped his age. Translated into English by Denver Lindley with exceptional elegance, the memoir illustrates Maurois's singular gift for weaving the personal and the universal into a seamless narrative, a quality that earned him a seat in the Académie française. His reflections on friendship, creativity, war, and the passage of time carry a profound humanism that resonates far beyond the confines of a single life — leaving the reader to wonder what secrets of genius and endurance this supremely civilised man still has left to impart.