Antique The Chevalier de Boufflers Romance of French Revolution Nesta H. Webster

Antique 1927 The Chevalier de Boufflers: A Romance of the French Revolution by Nesta H. Webster. - Biography of Stanislas-Jean, chevalier de Boufflers (born May 31, 1738, Nancy, France—died January 18, 1815, Paris) a French writer, soldier, and academician. His mother, the Marquise de Boufflers, became the mistress of Stanisław Leszczyński, king Stanisław I of Poland and duke of Lorraine, and brought her son up at the ducal court at Lunéville. The boy was destined for a career in the church but proved temperamentally unsuited, and, while studying theology at Saint-Sulpice in Paris, he wrote his masterwork, Aline, a charming tale of a milkmaid who, after a series of improper adventures, becomes queen of Golconda. The story won its author immediate fame but caused his expulsion from Saint-Sulpice. By joining the Knights of Malta, Boufflers managed to combine qualification for ecclesiastical benefices in Lorraine with the military career more suited to his taste. He fought in campaigns in Europe, with frequent returns to the salons of Paris, where he established a reputation for wit and fell in love with the Comtesse de Sabran. - First edition 14th printing published in 1927 by E. P. Dutton  - Colorful orange cover with gilt details  - Thick, high quality paper  - Black and white illustrations  - 441 pages - Good condition for age. So surface wear to cover. Pages are largely clean with some age spotting on page edges. Binding is tight with no loose pages.