Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne (1769 - 1834) - Author Collection

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne (July 9, 1769 – February 7, 1834), French diplomat, was born at Sens.He was educated at the military school of Brienne in Champagne along with Napoleon Bonaparte; and although the solitary habits of the latter made intimacy difficult, the two youths seem to have been on friendly terms. However, the stories of their very close friendship, as told in Bourrienne's memoirs, are open to suspicion.