''Meditations, poetiques et religieuses,'' published in 1820, was his first book. In 1835 he published the "Voyage en Orient". His greatest prose work, the ''Histoire des Girondins'', was published in 1847. In 1860 he supervised an elaborate edition of his own works in forty-one volumes. | ''Meditations, poetiques et religieuses,'' published in 1820, was his first book. In 1835 he published the "Voyage en Orient". His greatest prose work, the ''Histoire des Girondins'', was published in 1847. In 1860 he supervised an elaborate edition of his own works in forty-one volumes. |