Octave Aubry

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

Life

In Paris, Aubry attended the Lycée Voltaire and the Lycée Charlemagne . He then studied history, among others with Albert Sorel . After stays in England and Spain, he decided to pursue a career as a writer in France.

He was accepted into the Académie française on February 14, 1946 together with Ernest Seillière , Jean Tharaud , René Grousset and Robert d'Harcourtin . This was the first group election as no elections were held during the previous occupation. Aubry succeeded Auxiliary Bishop Alfred Baudrillart ( Fauteuil 8 ).

He died just a month after his admission on March 27, 1946 in Paris, where he found his final resting place.

reception

Its first publication was a meeting called De l'amour, de l'ironie, de la pitié . Due to his interest in history, he wrote numerous historical novels such as Louis XVII. , Bonaparte et Joséphine , Le Coup d'état de Brumaire and Marie Waleska .

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

Works (selection)

Fiction

  • Le Roi perdu. Louis XVII. retrouvé. Mémoire inédit du comte de Vaisons . 21st edition Fayard, Paris 1924.
    • German translation: The lost king . Saturn publishing house, Vienna 1939.
  • Le Grand Amour caché de Napoléon. Marie Walewska . Ramblot, Paris 1925.
    • German translation: Maria Walewska. A novel about Napoleon's secret love . Franckh, Stuttgart 1938.
  • Le lit du roi. Casanova , Louis XV et Mlle de Romans . Tallandier, Paris 1926.
    • German translation: The King's Bed. Casanova's only love . Eigenbrödler Verlag, Berlin 1926.
  • Le Roman de Napoléon . Fayard, Paris 1927.
  1. Bonaparte and Joséphine .
  2. Brelan de femmes, or Le Coup d'État de Brumaire .

Non-fiction

  • De l'amour, de l'ironie, de la pitié . Plon-Nourrit, Paris 1904.
  • Le Roman de l'énergie individual. La face d'airain . Plon-Nourrit, Paris 1906.
  • De la loi de pardon en matière pénale . Pichon & Durand-Auzias, Paris 1908 (also dissertation, University of Paris 1908).
  • L'Homme sur la cime . Plon-Nourrit, Paris 1912.
  • Le Chemin de Damas . 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. CE Krug Verlag, Leipzig 1930.
  • L'Espagne . Arthaud, Grenoble 1929/30 (2 vol.)
  • Marie Walewska . Fayard, Paris 1930.
  • L'Impératrice Eugénie . 1931.
    • German translation: Empress Eugenie . Rentsch-Verlag, Erlenbach-Zurich 1940.
  • L'Impératrice Eugénie et sa cour . Flammarion, Paris 1932.
  • Le Roi de Rome . 1932.
    • German translation: The King of Rome . Rentsch-Verlag, Erlenbach-Zurich 1949.
  • La Trahison de Marie-Louise . Flammarion, Paris 1932.
  • Les Dernières Années de l'impératrice Eugénie . Flammarion, Paris 1933.
  • La Jeunesse du Roi de Rome . Flammarion, Paris 1933.
  • Histoire de France, Vol. 3: Révolution et Empire . Flammarion, Paris 1934.
  • Sainte-Hélène . 1935 (2 vol.).
  1. La captivité de Napoléon .
  2. Le mort de l'Empereur .
    • German translation: Sankt Helena . Rentsch Verlag, Erlenbach-Zurich 1936
  1. Napoleon's captivity .
  2. The death of the emperor .
  • 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 1938.
  • Napoléon et l'amour . Flammarion, Paris 1938.
  • Vie privée de Napoléon . Flammarion, Paris 1939.
    • German translation: Napoleon private . Rentsch Verlag, Erlenbach-Zurich 1940.
  • Les Pages immortelles de Napoléon . Corrêa, Paris 1941.
    • German translation: Napoleon as a writer . Schwarzwald-Verlag, Freudenstadt 1948.
  • L'Aiglon, des Tuileries aux Invalides . Flammarion, Paris 1941.
  • La Révolution française . Flammarion, Paris 1942/45 (2 vol.)
  1. La destruction de la royalité . 1942.
  2. Le republique . 1945.
    • German translation: The French Revolution . Rentsch Verlag, Erlenbach-Zurich 1946/48 (2 vol.)
  1. The shattering of royalty . 1946.
  2. The republic . 1948.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 1, page 100
personal data
SURNAME Aubry, Octave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French historian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1946
Place of death Paris