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Imbert

DE SAINT-AMAND, AR- THUR (ang-bar' duh sangt-ä-mäng), a French biographer and historian; born in Paris, Nov. 22, 1834. His career was a diplomatic and official one till he began a study of the lives of the women of the old French courts, of the First Empire, First Empire , and of the Restoration. His "Women of Versailles" and "Women of the Tuileries" are fine examples of realistic biography.

His studies of the Napoleonic royalties sustain the reputation established by the earlier works. He died in 1900.

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