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baron de César Lecat Bazancourt
1810–1865
A French novelist and historian of the 19th century, he wrote with a strong interest in war, politics, and public events. He is especially remembered for vivid accounts of the Crimean War and the Italian campaign of 1859.
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Secrets of the Sword
by baron de César Lecat Bazancourt
About the author
Born in Paris in either 1810 or, according to French reference sources, December 16, 1811, Baron César Lecat de Bazancourt wrote both fiction and history. He is also listed under the fuller name Frédéric Joseph Lecat, baron de Bazancourt, and he died in Paris on January 25, 1865.
Bazancourt served as director of the library of Compiègne under Louis-Philippe. Later, under Napoleon III, he became an official historiographer and accompanied imperial campaigns, which gave him direct material for some of his best-known historical works.
His books include major studies of the Crimean War and the 1859 campaign in Italy, as well as fiction and writing on fencing. No suitable confirmed portrait image was found on the source pages I checked, so no profile image is included here.