Lucien Romier ( Moiré, 19 October 1885 –

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, 5 January 1944) was a French journalist and politician. After studying at the

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where he wrote a thesis on

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, he was a member of the French School in Rome. He made a career in journalism and was editor of the newspaper ''

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'' from 1925 to 1927 and from 1934 to 1942. Personal friend of Pétain, he was minister of State in Laval's fourth Ministry from 18 April 1942 to 31 December 1943. He died of a heart attack while being arrested by the

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Published works

Books by Romier that have been translated into English: * ''Who will be master, Europe or America?'' (1928); translation of ''Qui sera le maître, Europe ou Amérique?''. * ''A history of France'' (1953); translation of ''L'ancienne France, des origines à la Révolution''. Other works: * ''La carrière d'un favori; Jacques d'Albon de Saint-André, maréchal de France, 1512-1562'' (1909) – The career of a favorite;

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, Marshal of France, 1512–1562. * ''Les origines politiques des guerres de religion'' (2 volumes, 1913–14) – The political origins of the wars of religion. * ''Les protestants français à la veille des guerres civiles'' (1917) –

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on the eve of civil wars. * ''Le royaume de Catherine de Médicis; la France à la veille des guerres de religion'' (2nd edition, 1922) – The kingdom of

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; France on the eve of the wars of religion. * ''Catholiques et Huguenots à la cour de Charles IX'' (2nd edition, 1924) – Catholics and

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at the court of Charles IX. * ''L'Homme nouveau : esquisse des conséquences du progrès'' (1929) – The new man; an outline of the consequences of progress.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

References

Christine Roussel, ''Lucien Romier'', Paris, France-Empire, 1979

External links

* 1885 births 1944 deaths People from Rhône (department) École Nationale des Chartes alumni People of Vichy France French newspaper editors French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French historians 20th-century French male writers {{France-historian-stub