author
René de Pont-Jest
1830–1904
A former naval officer turned journalist and novelist, René de Pont-Jest built a lively literary career around travel writing, adventure, crime, and society stories. His work reflects the energy of nineteenth-century French newspapers and the era’s fascination with distant places and dramatic intrigue.
2 Audiobooks
Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess)
by René de Pont-Jest
Shadowed by a detective : or, The woman in wax
by René de Pont-Jest
About the author
Born in Reims in 1830, René de Pont-Jest—also known as Louis-René Delmas de Pont-Jest or Léon Delmas—was a French writer and journalist who had previously served as a naval officer. He later became a prolific contributor to newspapers and magazines, writing travel pieces, novels, and short stories.
His varied work included accounts of French naval campaigns and travel, as well as historical and crime-related books such as Les Régicides and L’Expédition du Katanga. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1904.