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a bunch of old handwriting on a piece of paperseveral old letters and envelopes are sitting on a white surfacethree handwritten letters from a letter to a womanseveral old letters and papers are stacked on top of each otherthree books on a white background with a red and blue coverfour books are stacked on top of each other on a white surfacea close up of a piece of paper with a handwriting on itan open book with a handwritten title on the coveran open book with a handwritten page on it sitting on a table
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81 - Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), general and minister, and Hubert…
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Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), general and minister, and Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), Marshal of France and minister Collection of correspondence, documents and 8 publications 14 letters from the sender (L.A.S.) and replies from the recipient (P.A.S.), 1925–1946, from General Weygand to René Benjamin, including Paris, 16 December 1927 Dear Master, what a mad Sunday you gave me, and how well you castigate those idiots, who are causing harm through our own fault alone. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the book and the dedication. I cannot write to you without thinking of that noble Ducrocq, at whose house I last saw you, when we met. His death has affected us deeply and saddened us greatly. He, too, was a fine Frenchman who spoke as plainly as he thought... Paris, 10 January 1946 My dear friend, before writing to you, I wanted to take the time to read your book properly. *L’Enfant tué* – that was your son. To read it, I had to free myself from some urgent work and my Christmas correspondence. I have now finished reading it, not wishing to delay telling you how deeply it moved me, yet also quite unable to explain exactly why.. There is so much in this book. First and foremost, your son, whose life, letters and words allow us to affirm once again that it is the best among us whom God calls to Himself, young and pure. His father, his mother too – it is not just, or at least not something our reason can grasp, that our children should follow in our footsteps. Finally, there is the cruelty of the times—its monumental fraud built upon the impudence of those who speak and the foolishness or spinelessness of those who listen. When I saw you at the Val-de-Grâce chapel, I was unaware of your doubly cruel ordeal. I must have seemed indifferent to you. I knew nothing... Wedding announcement for General Weygand’s son Handwritten notes on loose in-8 sheets by René Benjamin on Weygand’s character and their meeting Weygand possesses great intellectual qualities to become a writer: he is a great mind 30 January 1930 (...) He said to Bonnard and me: ‘It is good, when one takes on such a command, to be loved, but it gives one cause for apprehension, for one wants to be worthy of that love. One wants to live up to expectations.’ (...) He suggests that one must accept things as they are, not be daunted, and get on with the work. Are we behind schedule with our fortifications? Let’s get on with the work. (...) But, he told me, I would have liked to carry on writing. I had a book to write on the army of the Third Republic. And I’m keen to record my memories of Marshal Foch. I owe it to him. Yet if I succeed Pétain, as all the signs suggest, I’ll have such an important role to fulfil that I won’t be able to work. And I won’t be retired until I’m 68 instead of 65; I am 63. That’s another five years! 4 P.A.S., 1927–1932, Marshal Lyautey, addressed to René Benjamin, including My dear Benjamin, I do not wish to dwell on the heated exchange we had the other evening. It was not the right place. Such matters should be reserved for a private conversation, and above all, we are too much in agreement on the essentials not to allow for differences of opinion on a particular case. If you would be so kind, we must meet again. With the highest regard General Weygand Marshal Foch Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1929 First edition Paperback, 19.5 x 14 cm Signed autograph dedication General Weygand Foch Paris, Flammarion, 1947 First edition Paperback, 21.5 x 15 cm Signed autograph dedication Lyautey Towards Morocco: Letters from the Southern Oran Region, 1903–1906 Paris, Armand Colin, 1937 Paperback, 23 x 14 cm Etc... FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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About the sale René Benjamin, the 20th-century Balzac scholar
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Auction time 10/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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