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See also:AGATHON See also:JEAN See also:FRANCOIS See also:FAIN (1778–1837)
, See also:French historian, was See also:born in See also:Paris on the 11th of See also:January 17 78
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Having gained admittance to the offices of the See also:Directory, he became See also:head of a See also:department
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Under the Consulate he entered the See also:office of the secretary of See also:state, in the department of the archives
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In 18o6 he was appointed secretary and archivist to the See also:cabinet particulier of the See also:emperor, whom he attended on his See also:campaigns and journeys
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He was created a See also:baron of the See also:empire in 1809, and, on the fall of See also:Napoleon, was first secretary of the cabinet and confidential secretary
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Compelled by the second Restoration to retire into private See also:life, he devoted his leisure to See also:writing the See also:history of his times, an occupation for which his previous employments well fitted him
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He published successively Manuscrit de 2814, contenant l'histoire See also:des six derniers mois du regne de Napoleon (1823; new edition with illustrations, 1906); Manuscrit de 1813, contenant le precis des evenements de See also:cette annee pour servir d l'histoire de l'empereur Napoleon (1824); Manuscrit de 1812 (1827); and Manuscrit de l'an iii
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(1794-1795), contenant See also:les premieres transactions de l'See also:Europe avec la republique francaise et le tableau des derniers evenements du regime conventionnel (1828), all of which are remarkable for accuracy and wide range of knowledge, and are a very valuable source for the history of
Napoleon I
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Of still greater importance for the history of Napoleon are See also:Fain's Mefmoires, which were published posthumously in 1908; they relate more particularly to the last five years of the empire, and give a detailed picture of the emperor at See also:work on his See also:correspondence among his confidential secretaries
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