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Henry de Monfreid

Born

in Leucate, Aude, France, France

November 14, 1879

Died

December 13, 1974

Genre

Fiction, Travel

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Henry de Monfreid (14 November 1879 in Leucate – 13 December 1974) was a French adventurer and author. Born in Leucate, Aude, France, he was the son of artist painter Georges-Daniel de Monfreid and knew Paul Gauguin as a child.

Monfreid was famous for his travels in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa coast from Tanzania to Aden, Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula and Suez, that he sailed in his various expeditions as adventurer, smuggler and gunrunner (during which he said he more than once escaped the Royal Navy coast-guards cutters).

Monfreid is probably best known in the English-speaking world for the following two books:

Hashish: A Smuggler's Tale and
Secrets of the Red Sea, a book about gunrunning.

His books include

Les secrets de la mer Rouge ...more

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Henry de Monfreid’s books

Average rating: 4.13 · 594 ratings · 58 reviews · 162 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hashish: A Smuggler's Tale by Henry de Monfreid, Helen Buchanan Bell (Translation) 4.04 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1933 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Secrets de la mer Rouge 4.24 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1931 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pearls, Arms And Hashish: Pages From The Life Of A Red Sea Navigator by Henry de Monfreid, Ida Treat (Editor) 4.59 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1930 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aventures de mer 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1937 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Poursuite du Kaïpan 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Enfant sauvage 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Du Harrar au Kenya 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mes vies d'aventure 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'homme sorti de la mer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La trilogie de la mer Rouge: Secrets de la mer Rouge – Aventures de mer – Les deux frères (Littérature Française) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Henry de Monfreid (?)

“Je rentre à travers cette majestueuse forêt que je vois tout autre, maintenant que mes coups de fusil ont effarouché les sylvains et les nymphes.”
― Henry De Monfreid, Sea Adventures

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“N'ayez jamais peur de la vie, n'ayez jamais peur de l'aventure, faites confiance au hasard, à la chance, à la destinée. Partez, allez conquérir d'autres espaces, d'autres espérances. Le reste vous sera donné de surcroît.”
― Henry de Monfreid

tags: aventure, inspiration, vie, voyage

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“C'est un vieil homme auquel on ne peut plus donner d'âge, sec, boucané, fripé comme des pommes reinettes oubliées sur les planches d'un fruitier, mais qui garde encore, sous leur peau ridée, une chair ferme et saine.”
― Henry de Monfreid

tags: description, real-life

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