Comte Daru

Comte Daru (1767-1829) was a French administrator and littérateur, born at Montpellier. He translated Horace when in prison during the Reign of Terror. He served as administrator under Napoleon. On the return of the Bourbons, he devoted himself to letters, and wrote the "History of the Republic of Venice".

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