Baron, secretary to the Emperor

Agathon Fain

France 11 January 1778 – 16 September 1837

In 1814: Napoleon’s private secretary in the field

Fain was at the Emperor’s side throughout the campaign. His Manuscrit de 1814 (1823) is an important eyewitness account of the Campaign of France and the abdication.

Sources

  1. Wikidata (dates of birth and death, portrait identifiers)
  2. F. Loraine Petre, Napoleon at Bay, 1814 (London: John Lane, 1914) · Public domain. The main source for strengths, losses and movements on this site.
  3. Images: Wikimedia Commons. The licence for each image is checked at build time and linked from its caption.

Wikidata record Q391507 · All people