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Lacretelle

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[la-kruh-tel] / la krəˈtɛl /

noun

  1. Jacques de 1888–1985, French novelist.


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Lacretelle, Histoire de France pendant les guerres de religion, ii.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

"Do not be uneasy," replied M. Michaud, "your secret shall be well kept; I will hide it in the complete works of my friend Lacretelle."

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various

In order to have more facts for the support of their arguments they procured other works: Montgaillard, Prudhomme, Gallois, Lacretelle, etc.; and the contradictions of these books in no way embarrassed them.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave

Wednesday, 3rd May: The troops of General Lacretelle carry the redoubt of Moulin Saquet.

From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by Leighton, John

References.—For a general view of the reign of Louis�XV., see the histories of Lacretelle, Voltaire, and Crowe.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John