author
duchesse d' Laure Junot Abrantès
1784–1838
Best known for vivid memoirs of Napoleonic France, this French writer moved in circles close to Napoleon from an early age. Her books blend personal recollection, court gossip, and sharp observation, giving readers a lively window into a turbulent era.
6 Audiobooks
Histoire des salons de Paris (Tome 4/6) Tableaux et portraits du grand monde sous Louis XVI, Le Directoire, le Consulat et l'Empire, la Restauration et le règne de Louis-Philippe Ier.
by duchesse d' Laure Junot Abrantès
Histoire des salons de Paris (Tome 6/6) Tableaux et portraits du grand monde sous Louis XVI, Le Directoire, le Consulat et l'Empire, la Restauration et le règne de Louis-Philippe Ier
by duchesse d' Laure Junot Abrantès
Histoire des salons de Paris (Tome 5/6) Tableaux et portraits du grand monde sous Louis XVI, Le Directoire, le Consulat et l'Empire, la Restauration et le règne de Louis-Philippe Ier
by duchesse d' Laure Junot Abrantès
Histoire des salons de Paris (Tome 3/6) Tableaux et portraits du grand monde sous Louis XVI, Le Directoire, le Consulat et l'Empire, la Restauration et le règne de Louis-Philippe Ier
by duchesse d' Laure Junot Abrantès
About the author
Born Laure Permon in Montpellier on November 6, 1784, she became the Duchess of Abrantès through her marriage to General Jean-Andoche Junot, one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s leading officers. After her father died, she grew up in a world shaped by her mother’s Paris salon, where political and social connections brought her close to people at the center of French power.
She is remembered above all for her memoirs, which drew on her firsthand knowledge of Napoleon’s circle and the shifting world of the Empire and Restoration. Those writings made her one of the most recognizable female memoirists of 19th-century France, valued both for their storytelling energy and for the glimpse they offer into everyday life behind great historical events.
Her later years were marked by financial difficulty, but she continued to write extensively. She died in Paris on June 7, 1838, leaving behind work that still attracts readers interested in Napoleon, French society, and the personal voices hidden inside official history.