Frederic Shoberl

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Frederic Shoberl

1775–1853

A prolific journalist, editor, translator, and travel writer, this busy figure of Regency-era publishing helped bring European history, geography, and literature to English readers. He is especially remembered for popular illustrated works and for translating major continental authors.

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Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred in and near Leipzig Immediately Before, During, and Subsequent to, the Sanguinary Series of Engagements Between the Allied Armies of the French, from the 14th to the 19th October, 1813

Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred in and near Leipzig Immediately Before, During, and Subsequent to, the Sanguinary Series of Engagements Between the Allied Armies of the French, from the 14th to the 19th October, 1813

by Frederic Shoberl

Austria

Austria

by Frederic Shoberl

About the author

Born in London on December 11, 1775, Frederic Shoberl built a wide-ranging career in the literary world as a writer, editor, translator, and publisher. He worked on magazines and annuals, including The Forget-Me-Not, one of the best-known literary gift books of its day, and became known for producing lively works that introduced readers to places, customs, and historical subjects from across Europe and beyond.

Shoberl was also an energetic translator. He helped English readers encounter important continental writers, including August von Kotzebue and the Brothers Grimm, at a time when interest in European literature was growing quickly in Britain. Alongside this, he wrote and compiled travel and descriptive books, often in richly illustrated formats that appealed to a broad general audience.

He died on September 12, 1853. Though not as widely remembered now as some of his contemporaries, his career captures a fascinating side of 19th-century print culture: the editor and cultural go-between who connected readers with stories, ideas, and images from many different worlds.