Jacques Bainville

Born in Vincennes on February 9, 1879, he became a French historian and journalist whose work reached a wide audience in the early 20th century. Reference works describe him as a major conservative and monarchist writer, and he is especially associated with the royalist movement Action Française.

He wrote on French history, international affairs, and the balance of power in Europe. Among his best-known books are Histoire de France and Les Conséquences politiques de la paix, a study published after World War I in which he criticized the Versailles settlement and argued that Germany remained a long-term danger.

Late in life he was elected to the Académie française in 1935. He died in Paris on February 9, 1936, leaving behind a body of work that is still discussed both for its style and for the political convictions that shaped it.