Chatto and Windus Conversation On The Quai Volta

Vivant Denon was a youthful courtier at Versailles; he lived through the French Revolution, and galloped across Egypt with Bonaparte. He knew everyone - Marie Antoinette, Voltaire, Robespierre, Catherine the Great, and the artists, Boucher and David. He found world fame without seeking it, risking his life and happiness in an endless quest. ...