author
Emile Marco de Saint-Hilaire
d. 1887
A prolific 19th-century French writer and newspaper serialist, he built a reputation on lively popular writing and a lasting fascination with Napoleon and military history.
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L'art de payer ses dettes et de satisfaire ses créanciers sans débourser un sou
by Emile Marco de Saint-Hilaire
About the author
Born at Versailles in May 1796, Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire — born Émile-Marc Hilaire — became a French writer and feuilletonist whose work reached a broad readership in the 19th century. Library and reference records identify him as living from 1796 to 1887.
He is especially remembered for historical and military writing connected with the Napoleonic era, though he also published widely in other genres. That mix of popular storytelling and historical interest helped make him a recognizable literary figure in his time.
Saint-Hilaire died in November 1887. Today he is chiefly of interest to readers of French popular literature, historical writing, and books shaped by the long cultural afterlife of Napoleon.