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André Grellet-Dumazeau
d. 1909
A Bordeaux magistrate turned historian, he brought the city’s social past to life with a close, curious eye. His writing blends the patience of a judge with the pleasure of a storyteller, especially in his portraits of life under the old regime.
2 Audiobooks
L'affaire du bonnet et les Mémoires de Saint-Simon
by André Grellet-Dumazeau
La société bordelaise sous Louis XV et le salon de Mme Duplessy
by André Grellet-Dumazeau
About the author
Born in 1842 and dead in 1909, André Grellet-Dumazeau was a French magistrate who became president honoraria of the Bordeaux court of appeal. After taking early retirement in 1902, he devoted himself more fully to historical writing.
He is best known for La société bordelaise sous Louis XV, published in 1897, a work that explores the manners, circles, and personalities of eighteenth-century Bordeaux. Another work associated with him is L'affaire du bonnet et les Mémoires de Saint-Simon, published after his retirement.
What makes his work appealing today is its mix of research and vivid social detail. Rather than writing dry institutional history, he seemed drawn to the texture of everyday elite life—salons, reputations, customs, and the small signs of status that reveal a whole world.