Baron Gaspard Gourgaud

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Baron Gaspard Gourgaud

1783–1852

A soldier, memoirist, and close witness to Napoleon’s final years, he left behind vivid accounts that helped shape how later generations understood the emperor. His writing carries the authority of someone who was not just watching history, but living inside it.

2 Audiobooks

Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de France sous Napoléon, Tome 1/2 écrits à Sainte-Hélène par les généraux qui ont partagé sa captivité

Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de France sous Napoléon, Tome 1/2 écrits à Sainte-Hélène par les généraux qui ont partagé sa captivité

by Baron Gaspard Gourgaud

Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de France sous Napoléon, Tome 2/2 Écrits à Sainte-Hélène par les généraux qui ont partagé sa captivité

Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de France sous Napoléon, Tome 2/2 Écrits à Sainte-Hélène par les généraux qui ont partagé sa captivité

by Baron Gaspard Gourgaud

About the author

Born in Versailles in 1783, Gaspard, Baron Gourgaud became a French artillery officer and served in the Napoleonic Wars. He is especially remembered for his loyalty to Napoleon, whom he accompanied into exile on Saint Helena after Waterloo.

Gourgaud later became one of the important firsthand writers on the Napoleonic era. His journals and memoirs drew on direct experience, giving readers a close, sometimes sharply personal view of Napoleon, military life, and the tensions among the emperor’s inner circle in exile.

Beyond his military career, he also worked as a historian and political figure in France. For readers interested in Napoleon, Gourgaud stands out as both a participant in major events and a storyteller whose books preserve the voice of someone who was there.