About the Author
James Augustus St. John (1795–1875) was a British author and voyager. After mastering the classics, as well as six languages, St. John began his career as a journalist, often writing books about his journeys. He is the author of A Journal of a Residence in Normandy (1830), Lives of Celebrated Travelers (1830), A Life of Sir Walter Raleigh (1868), and A Life of Louis Napoleon (1857).
