Amaury de Riencourt (born 12 June 1918 in Orléans, France; died 13 January 2005 at Bellevue, Switzerland)[1] was a writer and historian.

[2][3] De Riencourt's magnum opus was probably The Coming Caesars (1957), which explores the ethnic and ideological roots of America, Europe, and Russia, comparing classical times with the contemporary world (i.e., the 19th and 20th centuries).

[citation needed] Amaury de Riencourt was born in Orléans into a family of the French nobility that dates back at least to the 12th century.

[4] From 1939 to 1940, during the earlier part of the Second World War, de Riencourt served in the French Navy.

[citation needed] In 1947, de Riencourt visited Tibet, staying in Lhasa, where he remained for five months.