Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos was born in Amiens on 18 October 1741. Trained at the artillery school of La Fère, he served for many years in the garrisons of La Rochelle, Strasbourg, Grenoble and Besançon, and took an interest in ballistics. Secretary to the Duke of Orléans from 1788, imprisoned during the Terror and then released after Thermidor, he was appointed brigadier general in 1800 and sent to Italy. He died in Taranto on 5 September 1803.

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• NovelDangerous LiaisonsLes Liaisons dangereusesPierre Choderlos de Laclos · 1782LiteraturePublic domain