Note 250b — VIII. LORD ACTON’S LIST OF THE HUNDRED BEST BOOKS
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Quinet, Edgar (1803-1875). French historian and philosopher; born at Borg and died in Paris. His epic poem of Ahasuerus was placed upon the Index. Of his many books his La Révolution Française is the best known. It was written in Switzerland, where he was an exile during the reign of Napoleon III. He returned to France in 1870.