Paula Monti Ou l'Htel Lambert. Histoire Contemporaine- Tome 2 by Eugne Sue

Marie-Joseph Sue, often known as Eugène Sue, was a French author who was born in Paris on January 26, 1804[1] and died in exile on August 3, 1857 in Annecy-le-Vieux (Duché de Savoie). He is well known for the social thrillers Les Mystères de Paris (1842-1843) and Le Juif errant (1844-1845), both of which he wrote. Jean-Joseph Sue (1760-1830), (fils), chirurgien de la Guard impériale de Napoléon 1er, chevalier héréditaire par lettres patentes du 17 février 1815 (d'une lignée de chirurgiens parisiens originaires de Provence). Joséphine and her parrain Eugène de Beauharnais were his bride and groom. He went to Condorcet High School.

Young love for the future writer, who will nevertheless reveal himself to be a mediocre and tumultuous student, then a young man whose frasques defy the chronic. His father sends him on a journey to restore him to his rightful place in the world, first to Spain (1823), then to Greece, and last to the Antilles[2]. Dandy, traveler, he inherits his paternal riches at the age of 26, becomes the husband of one of Paris' most beautiful women (dubbed The Beau Sue), and joins the snobby Jockey Club from its inception in 1834. He squanders his father's riches at the age of seven and begins writing when he is bankrupt.