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Memories of an Imperial Officer. Volume I

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Louis François Lejeune (1775-1848), a worthy son of the Enlightenment, was a multi-talented man whose talents were fully realized during the Napoleonic Empire. A courageous officer, he repeatedly participated in hand-to-hand combat, sustaining several serious wounds. A capable diplomat, the Emperor personally entrusted him with important missions in other countries. And, finally, he was a talented artist. Returning from military campaigns, he created paintings as a kind of account of his campaigns, and the appearance of these paintings invariably caused quite a stir at exhibitions in the Salon of the Louvre.

The first part of his memoirs is devoted to the events of 1792-1809. The author was young, and the French army was marching from victory to victory, so he endured the "hardships and privations of military service" not just patiently but cheerfully and even enthusiastically. Unfortunately, Louis François Lejeune was later unfairly relegated to the category of forgotten artists, even in France. However, today we are restoring his name to Russian-speaking readers.
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