MAUROIS, AndreBiblio.com
Maurois, AndreBiblio.com
Two Typed Letters signed "André Maurois" to Hans Roger Madol regarding Madol's book GODOY: THE FIRST OF THE MODERN DICTATORS
1932218293Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1932. One page each. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Very good. One page each. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Two letters to Madol concering the latter's book on the Spanish dictator Godoy translated into English as GODOY: THE FIRST OF THE MODERN DICTATORS L. 1934.<br /> <br /> In the first letter Maurois acknowledges receipt of the book by the historian and biographer Madol: " I have just read the beginning and the book seems fine to me. I promise to let you know . "<br /> <br /> In the second letter Maurois responds to an invitation to write the Preface to GODOY: "I"d be delighted to see your book on Godoy appear in France but I don't feel capable of writing a preface on the subject. It's about a man I know little about except through you and about a period which I have never studied. My Preface would have little authority. I think every man should stay faithful to what he knows. But if you wish I could very well recommend your book to my publisher . "<br /> <br /> André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. unknown
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