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Count Anthony Hamilton
d. 1720
A soldier, Jacobite, and gifted man of letters, Count Anthony Hamilton wrote one of the most lively portraits of Restoration-era court life. His witty Mémoires de la vie du comte de Grammont blends biography, gossip, romance, and sharp social observation.
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The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Volume 02
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The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Complete
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The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Volume 04
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The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Volume 01
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The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Volume 06
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The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Volume 03
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The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Volume 05
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About the author
Anthony Hamilton (c. 1646–21 April 1720) was an Irish-born Jacobite, soldier, and writer of Scottish Catholic ancestry. Probably born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, he served in military campaigns in Ireland and on the European continent before spending much of his later life among the exiled Stuart court at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.
Hamilton is best remembered for Mémoires de la vie du comte de Grammont, first published anonymously in 1713. The book recounts the adventures and romantic intrigues of Philibert, Count de Grammont—Hamilton’s brother-in-law—and offers vivid portraits of the English court under Charles II. Celebrated for its elegant French style and playful wit, it became a classic of French literature.