Toward the end of his life, the Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-1798) wrote a long memoir recounting his life and adventures. The Chevalier was a somewhat controversial figure, but since he met many famous people, including kings and writers, his memoir has b

The lecture utterly refutes the various posits given against Chevalier de seingalt in the reading. First of all the professor believes that no memoir can be totally correct in describing the past events, word by word. She feels Chevalier was true in his descriptions. She opposes the three arguments given against him in following points.

Chevalier was a poor guy but he portrayed himself rich: Professor gives her view that chevalier borrowed money from merchants but that does not proves him poor. He was a wealthy guy but was also fond of spending money in parties and gambling. So when he ran...

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