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J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand
1855–1932
A French diplomat, historian, and literary scholar, he spent more than two decades in Washington and became one of the key links between France and the United States during World War I. He also wrote widely on English and medieval literature, bringing a scholar’s eye to public life.
5 Audiobooks
With Americans of Past and Present Days
by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand
A Literary History of the English People, from the Origins to the Renaissance
by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand
English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages (XIVth Century)
by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand
La vie nomade et les routes d'Angleterre au 14e siècle
by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand
The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare
by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand
About the author
Born in Lyon in 1855, Jean Jules Jusserand built an unusual career that joined scholarship with diplomacy. He entered the French diplomatic service in the 1870s and served in posts including London, Tunis, Copenhagen, and ultimately Washington, where he became France’s ambassador to the United States.
Jusserand is especially remembered for his long tenure in Washington from 1903 to 1925. During those years he developed close ties with American political leaders and played an important part in relations between France and the United States during the First World War.
Alongside his diplomatic work, he was a prolific author and historian with a strong interest in English literature and medieval life. His books helped introduce broad audiences to literary history, and With Americans of Past and Present Days received the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1917.