author
Pierre Paul Ernest L'Espagnol de la Tramerye
b. 1899
Best known for The World-Struggle for Oil, this French writer and lawyer brought an early 20th-century view to one of the world’s most important industries. His work blends legal training, historical interest, and a sharp eye for global power.
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The World-Struggle for Oil
by Pierre Paul Ernest L'Espagnol de la Tramerye
About the author
Born in Paris on August 10, 1899, Pierre Paul Ernest L'Espagnol de la Tramerye was a French doctor of law and avocat. He was also a longtime member of the Société historique et archéologique de Château-Thierry, where records list him as active from 1928 until 1956.
He is chiefly remembered today as the author of The World-Struggle for Oil, a study of petroleum politics that was published in English in 1924 in translation by Charles Leonard Leese. The book reflects the strong international interest in oil, strategy, and economic power during the interwar years.
Available sources on his personal life are limited, but they show a writer with both legal and historical interests. He died on July 8, 1956, in Barzy-sur-Marne, in the Aisne department of France.