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unusual facts about Marquis de Custine


Adam Gurowski

In 1843, the Marquis de Custine, lover of Gurowski's brother Ignacy, published La Russie en 1839, a polemical travelogue focusing on the Russian Empire.


19th century in LGBT rights

October 28 — The Marquis de Custine is beaten and left for dead after propositioning a male soldier in Saint-Denis.

Lady Teresa Waugh

Lady Teresa has translated such works as Anka Muhlstein's A Taste For Freedom: The life of Astolphe de Custine (2000), Benedetta Craveri's Madame Du Deffand and Her World (1994) and The Travels of Marco Polo (1984).


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