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Claude Manceron


Born
in France
January 01, 1923

Died
January 01, 1999

Genre
History


Né en 1923, Claude Manceron a contracté la poliomyélite à l'âge de 11 ans, ce qui l'a contraint à rester allonger pendant des années. Adulte, il devient éducateur spécialisé dans un centre pour paralysés. A la fin des années 1950, il publie son premier livre, un roman consacré aux Cent jours. Entré au Comité national des écrivains, il fréquente Aragon et signe le manifeste des 121 contre la guerre d'Algérie. C'est en 1968, installé dans l'Hérault, qu'il entreprend son grand projet sur les hommes qui ont fait la Révolution. Pendant quatre ans, il s'immerge dans les archives. Le premier volume des Hommes de la liberté paraît en 1972, le cinquième en 1987. Il n'ira pas au bout de son projet ; il s'éteint à Rambouillet en 1999. Il a été chargé ...more

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Average rating: 4.37 · 147 ratings · 21 reviews · 98 distinct works • Similar authors
Twilight of the Old Order, ...
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Blood of the Bastille, 1787...
4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions
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The Wind from America, 1778...
4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions
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Their Gracious Pleasure 178...
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Toward the Brink, 1785-1787...
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Les hommes de la liberté Le...
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Austerlitz: The Story of a ...
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L'album des hommes de la li...
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THE MEN OF LIBERTY: EUROPE ...
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Napoleon recaptures Paris, ...
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Series by Claude Manceron

Twilight of the Old Order, ... The Wind from America, 1778... Their Gracious Pleasure 178... Toward the Brink, 1785-1787 Blood of the Bastille, 1787...
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