A. B. de (Amédée Baillot de) Guerville

Born in 1869, Amédée Baillot de Guerville—often published as A. B. de Guerville—was a French journalist, foreign correspondent, and author. He wrote travel and reportage books drawn from his own journeys, including works on Japan, Korea, and Egypt, and he also published fiction such as New Egypt.

His writing is closely tied to the era of international reporting at the turn of the twentieth century. Rather than writing from afar, he was known for observing countries in person and turning those experiences into books for general readers.

That mix of journalism and travel writing gives his work its appeal today: it offers both on-the-ground description and a strong sense of the period in which he lived and reported.