11 Facts About Armand Carrel

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Armand Carrel was a French journalist and political writer.

Armand Carrel's father was a wealthy merchant, and he received a liberal education at the Lycee Pierre Corneille in Rouen, afterwards attending the military school at St Cyr.

Armand Carrel had a deep admiration for the great generals of Napoleon, and his uncompromising spirit and independent views marked him as a leader.

Armand Carrel enrolled in the foreign legion and fought gallantly against his former comrades.

The legion was compelled to surrender near Figueres, and Armand Carrel was taken prisoner by his former general, Damas.

Armand Carrel's services were found to be of great value, and he obtained admirable training as a writer, and lead himself to investigate interesting events of British history.

Armand Carrel gradually became known as a journalist for various periodicals; but it was not until he formed his connection with Le National, a daily founded in 1830, that he became a power in France.

Armand Carrel's judgment was unusually clear, his principles solid and well founded, his sincerity and honesty beyond question; and to these qualities, he united an admirable style, lucid, precise and well-balanced.

Armand Carrel had previously fought two duels with editors of rival papers.

The wound immediately appeared to be dangerous, and Armand Carrel was carried to the house of a friend where he died two days later, at age 36.

Armand Carrel's works were published in five volumes with biographical notes by Emile Littre,.