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Jean Claude Defrance

1743–1807

An 18th-century French writer and statesman, he moved between public life and the world of letters during the years of the French Revolution. His work reflects a time when politics, history, and writing were tightly intertwined.

3 Audiobooks

Lettre de Defrance à Bion, sur sa réponse aux objections contre l'établissement de la régie intéressée des postes et messageries

Lettre de Defrance à Bion, sur sa réponse aux objections contre l'établissement de la régie intéressée des postes et messageries

by Jean Claude Defrance

Opinion de Defrance, sur les postes et messageries: Séance du 16 Pluviôse, an V

Opinion de Defrance, sur les postes et messageries: Séance du 16 Pluviôse, an V

by Jean Claude Defrance

Opinion par Defrance, sur les postes et messageries: Séance du 28 Fructidor, an IV

Opinion par Defrance, sur les postes et messageries: Séance du 28 Fructidor, an IV

by Jean Claude Defrance

About the author

Jean-Claude Defrance (1743–1807) was a French man of letters who is remembered as both an author and a public figure. Reliable sources available here identify him as an eighteenth-century French writer, and French reference material also places him within the political life of the revolutionary era.

Because easily accessible modern biographical detail is limited, many personal specifics about his life and career are not consistently documented in the sources I could confirm. What does stand out is that he belonged to a generation shaped by major upheaval in France, and his legacy sits at the meeting point of writing, ideas, and public affairs.