author
baron Pierre Alexandre Édouard Fleury de Chaboulon
1779–1835
A close observer of Napoleon’s dramatic return from Elba, this French official left behind a firsthand account of the Hundred Days. His memoirs mix political intrigue, personal loyalty, and the uncertainty of a country in upheaval.
4 Audiobooks
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II
by baron Pierre Alexandre Édouard Fleury de Chaboulon
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I
by baron Pierre Alexandre Édouard Fleury de Chaboulon
Les Cent Jours (1/2) Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la vie privée, du retour et du règne de Napoléon en 1815.
by baron Pierre Alexandre Édouard Fleury de Chaboulon
Les Cent Jours (2/2) Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la vie privée, du retour et du règne de Napoléon en 1815.
by baron Pierre Alexandre Édouard Fleury de Chaboulon
About the author
Born in Paris in 1779, Pierre Alexandre Édouard Fleury de Chaboulon was a French political figure and civil servant who later became closely associated with Napoleon Bonaparte. Sources consistently describe him as serving as secretary in Napoleon’s cabinet during the Hundred Days, the brief period in 1815 when Napoleon returned to power.
He is best remembered as the author of memoirs about Napoleon’s private life, return, and reign in 1815. Those books are valued not just as historical writing, but as eyewitness testimony from someone who worked near the center of events during one of the most dramatic episodes in French history.
After Napoleon’s fall, Fleury de Chaboulon spent time away from France before later returning to public life. He died in 1835. A readily usable portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources reviewed, so no profile image is included here.