The Russians defeated Napoleon and tracked him all the way to Paris which they occupied. Not as the son of conquerors but as a convinced European does Dimitri Merejkovski nevertheless approach the emperor's life. What emerges is his weakness rather than his power: a military genius and idealist, “the Greatest of French men” is haunted by the extent of his talent. The stunning portrait of a solitary man and the poignant nudity of his greatness.
Dimitri MEREJKOVSKI
Dimitri Merejkovski (1866-1941), dont nous avons déjà publié Michel-Ange et Le Roman de Léonard de Vinci, fut l'un des auteurs les plus lus et respectés de son temps. Figure de proue du symbolisme russe, sensible au combat entre christianisme et paganisme, il a connu la célébrité après la publication de sa trilogie Le Christ et l'Antéchrist. Décédé à Paris, il laisse derrière lui une oeuvre riche que l'on ne se lasse pas de découvrir.
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