author
Amédée Achard
1814–1875
A lively 19th-century French storyteller, he moved from journalism into fiction and became especially known for adventurous historical tales. His work helped shape the spirit of the classic swashbuckling novel.
3 Audiobooks
Belle-Rose
by Amédée Achard
Récits d'un soldat: Une armée prisonnière; Une campagne devant Paris
by Amédée Achard
Madame Rose; Pierre de Villerglé
by Amédée Achard
About the author
Born in Marseille in 1814, Amédée Achard worked in several fields before fully making his name in literature. Sources agree that after a short period near Algiers and time in Toulouse, he began working as a journalist in Marseille, later continuing that career in Paris.
He was a remarkably productive writer: a novelist, dramatist, and journalist who published widely in newspapers and reviews. Library and reference sources describe him as especially associated with popular adventure fiction and with the world of cape et épée stories, the French tradition of swashbuckling historical romance.
Achard died in Paris in 1875. Though he is not as widely read today as some of his contemporaries, he remains an interesting figure in 19th-century French popular literature for the energy, range, and theatrical flair of his writing.