Henri de Bornier

He came to Paris in 1845 with the object of studying law, but in that year he published a volume of verse, Les Premieres Feuilles, and the Comédie-Française accepted a play of his entitled Le Mariage de Luther.

In 1875, his heroic drama in verse, La Fille de Roland was produced at the Théâtre Français.

The patriotic subject and the nobility of the character of Gerald, who renounces Berthe when he learns his real origin, procured for the piece a great success.

The conflict between honor and love and the grandiose sentiment of the play inevitably provoked comparison with Corneille.

In 1890, his play Mahomet on Islamic prophet Muhammad was completely banned by the orders of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.