César Lecat baron de Bazancourt (1810-1865) was a French military historian, director of the library of Compiègne under Louis Philippe.
He was born in Paris and was appointed official historiograp...view moreCésar Lecat baron de Bazancourt (1810-1865) was a French military historian, director of the library of Compiègne under Louis Philippe.
He was born in Paris and was appointed official historiographer by Napoleon III, whom he accompanied during several campaigns. The results of these expeditions appeared in his works on L’Expédition de Crimée jusqu’à la prise de Sébastopol, chronique de la guerre d’Orient (1856); La campagne d’Italie de 1859, chronique de la guerre (1859); and Les expéditions de Chine et de Cochinchine (two volumes, 1861-62).
He was also the author of three novels: Georges le montagnard (1851), Noblesse oblige (1851) and La princesse Pallianci (1852).
He died in 1865.view less
The Crimean Expedition, to the Capture Of Sebastopol Vol. II: Chronicles of the War in the East, from its Commencement to the Signing of the Treaty of Peace, Vol. II
The Crimean Expedition, to the Capture Of Sebastopol Vol. I: Chronicles of the War in the East, from its Commencement to the Signing of the Treaty of Peace, Vol. I