Jean-M.-Vincent Audin

He passed his law examination but never practiced the legal profession, having decided to enter on a literary career.

He soon left his native city and settled in Paris, where he opened a bookstore and at the same time was active with his pen.

His first publications, concerning the French Revolution, Napoleon and the Bourbon Restoration, were "La lanterne magique" (1811); "Blanc, bleu et rouge" (1814) and a "Tableau historique des événements qui se sont accomplis depuis le retour de Bonaparte jusqu'au rétablissement de Louis XVII" (1815).

Audin publicly defended himself against this imputation and asserted his firm belief in the doctrines of the Catholic Church.

The volumes are written in a romantic manner, and contain many particulars which sober criticism has long proved to go false.