Roger de Rabutin

Count Roger de Rabutin of Bussy (1618-1693), also known as Bussy-Rabutin, was a French libertine, solider, and writer. He is most well known for his Romantic History of the Gauls and the Memoirs of Bussy-Rabutin.


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