author

Jacques Fricasse

b. 1773

A French sergeant who turned his years in the Revolutionary armies into a vivid firsthand memoir, he offers a ground-level view of war, marching life, and survival between 1792 and 1802. His writing feels direct and lived-in, shaped by experience rather than literary polish.

1 Audiobook

Journal de marche du sergent Fricasse de la 127e demi-brigade : 1792-1802 avec les uniformes des armées de Sambre-et-Meuse et Rhin-et-Moselle. Fac-similés dessinés par P. Sellier d'après les gravures allemandes du temps

Journal de marche du sergent Fricasse de la 127e demi-brigade : 1792-1802 avec les uniformes des armées de Sambre-et-Meuse et Rhin-et-Moselle. Fac-similés dessinés par P. Sellier d'après les gravures allemandes du temps

by Jacques Fricasse

About the author

Jacques Fricasse was a French soldier and memoirist associated with the Revolutionary period. Reliable catalog records identify him as living from 1732 to 1802, so the birth year 1773 could not be confirmed from the sources reviewed.

He is known for Journal de marche du sergent Fricasse de la 127e demi-brigade, 1792-1802, a military memoir that follows his service through the French Revolutionary wars. The book has been preserved in library catalogs and later digital editions, which suggests lasting historical interest in his firsthand account.

What makes his work appealing today is its perspective: instead of a grand history written from above, it comes from someone who lived the daily reality of campaigning. For listeners who enjoy eyewitness narratives, his memoir offers an immediate sense of the hardships, movement, and uncertainty of a soldier's life in a turbulent era.