Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Author

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803) was a general in the French Army. Although he originally served with Louis Philipp, Duke of Orlèans, he switched sides after the French Revolution in 1789 and worked for the Ministry of War before serving in the army once more under Napoleon Bonaparte. A librettist as well as a writer of novels, he is best known for Les Liaisons Dangereuses which became a bestseller on its publication, selling more than a thousand copies in one month.