author
Gaston Maugras
1850–1927
A French historian and man of letters, he became known for vividly recreating the people, scandals, and private worlds of eighteenth-century France. His books often turn archival research into lively portraits of court life and literary society.
4 Audiobooks
Dernières Années de la Cour de Lunéville Mme de Boufflers, ses enfants et ses amis
by Gaston Maugras
La Cour de Lunéville au XVIIIe siècle Les marquises de Boufflers et du Châtelet, Voltaire, Devau, Saint-Lambert, etc.
by Gaston Maugras
La Marquise de Boufflers et son fils, le chevalier de Boufflers
by Gaston Maugras
Les comédiens hors la loi
by Gaston Maugras
About the author
Born in Soissons on November 16, 1850, and dying in Paris on November 1, 1927, Gaston Maugras was a French historian best remembered for writing about the eighteenth century. He focused less on grand military events than on the personalities, salons, correspondence, and court circles that shaped the era.
A number of his best-known works explored figures such as Madame d’Épinay, the abbé Galiani, and the duc de Lauzun. He also worked in collaboration with Lucien Perey, helping produce detailed historical studies built from letters, memoirs, and other period sources.
For listeners who enjoy history with a human touch, Maugras offers a window into the intimate side of French cultural life. His writing returns again and again to the drama of reputation, friendship, ambition, and manners in the years around the old regime and its aftermath.