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Edmund B. (Edmund Basil) D'Auvergne

1876–1968

Drawn to colorful lives, royal dramas, and the hidden corners of Europe, this early 20th-century writer turned history into lively storytelling. His books range from biographies of Napoleon III and Lola Montez to studies of castles, courts, and adventurous women.

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Lola Montez : $b An adventuress of the 'forties

Lola Montez : $b An adventuress of the 'forties

by Edmund B. (Edmund Basil) D'Auvergne

About the author

Writing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this Scottish-born English author built a career around biography, travel, and popular history. Sources available here identify him as Edmund Basil D'Auvergne, born around 1876 in Glasgow, later living in London, and remembered as a writer of historical and biographical works.

His books show a clear taste for vivid subjects and dramatic settings. Among the titles confirmed in the sources are Lola Montez: An Adventuress of the 'Forties, Godoy: The Queen's Favourite, The Bride of Two Kings, Famous Castles and Palaces of Italy, The Night Side of Paris, Switzerland in Sunshine and Snow, Pierre Loti, The Coburgs, and Napoleon the Third: A Biography.

Again and again, he seems to have been drawn to lives shaped by power, scandal, travel, and political change. That makes his work a good fit for listeners who enjoy older-style narrative history: readable, curious, and full of strong personalities.