Point de lendemain (No Tomorrow) is the English translation of a French 18th century masterpiece, Point de Lendemain by Dominique Vivant Denon. Written in 1777 and re-edited in 1812, Point de Lendemain is a record of the initiation of a young man and a member of a secret society. Giovanna Summerfield's preface and notes will offer a new way of reading Point de Lendemain, marginalizing the triviality of sex and the love triangle, which has been thus far seen as a physical need rather than as an expression of supremacy and challenge of God.

Les premieres aventures amoureuses d'un jeune homme ignorant tout des subtilites du monde aristocratique sont ici racontees. Quand il se rend a l'Opera, il n'y arrive pas en retard comme il se doit, croyant ingenument y aller pour assister a une representation, quand personne n'y vient que pour observer, s'informer des nouvelles, entreprendre quelque discussion dans le monde.

Napoleon's military expedition to Egypt in 1798 famously included various scientists and savants, among whom was the author of this three-volume work, published in French in 1802 and in English in 1803. Vivant Denon (1747-1825) was a dilettante and diplomat under the Ancien Regime, but survived the Revolution thanks to the patronage of the painter David, and met Napoleon through the salon of Josephine de Beauharnais. He accompanied the army, excavating and sketching, sometimes even during battles. The publication of this lively, illustrated account is regarded as the chief stimulus for the...

Napoleon's military expedition to Egypt in 1798 famously included various scientists and savants, among whom was the author of this three-volume work, published in French in 1802 and in English in 1803. Vivant Denon (1747-1825) was a diplomat under the Ancien Regime, but survived the Revolution thanks to the patronage of the painter David, and met Napoleon through the salon of Josephine de Beauharnais. He accompanied the army, excavating and sketching, sometimes even during battles. The publication of this lively, illustrated account is regarded as the chief stimulus for the so-called...

Napoleon's military expedition to Egypt in 1798 famously included various scientists and savants, among whom was the author of this three-volume work, published in French in 1802 and in English in 1803. Vivant Denon (1747-1825) was a diplomat under the Ancien Regime, but survived the Revolution thanks to the patronage of the painter David, and met Napoleon through the salon of Josephine de Beauharnais. He accompanied the army, excavating and sketching, sometimes even during battles. The publication of this lively, illustrated account is regarded as the chief stimulus for the so-called...

"Voyages dans la basse et la haute Egypte" de Vivant Denon. Artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist (1747-1825).

"Point de lendemain" de Vivant Denon. Artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist (1747-1825).

Pour l ironique Denon, modeste litterateur, grand voyageur, immense amateur d art et d antiquites devenu charge d affaires de France dans les Deux-Siciles, il ne fait aucun doute qu au pied du Vesuve, il ne se passe rien de bon.
Aussi de la plume de ce temoin au trait rapide sortent en rafale des depeches accablantes pour le roi de Naples, sa colerique epouse, leur faible premier ministre, leur terrible favori, leur politique enfin qui conduirait a la catastrophe le Sud, l Italie et les interets des Bourbons. Mais a ce subalterne inquiet, plus imprecateur peut-etre que negociateur, le...

Les premieres aventures amoureuses d'un jeune homme ignorant tout des subtilites du monde aristocratique sont ici racontees. Quand il se rend a l'Opera, il n'y arrive pas en retard comme il se doit, croyant ingenument y aller pour assister a une representation, quand personne n'y vient que pour observer, s'informer des nouvelles, entreprendre quelque discussion dans le monde: certainement pas pour voir un spectacle. S'etonnant de tout, le narrateur (qui endosse le personnage du heros) est manipule par la comtesse de ..., bien plus au fait que lui du code implicite du libertinage, et...