Louis Ange Pitou


Louis Ange Pitou was a French author and counterrevolutionary.

Biography

He entered the priesthood, but after the beginning of the French Revolution he abandoned his profession. A zealous royalist, he was arrested sixteen times, and finally transported to Guiana under the Directory. Shortly after his arrival at Cayenne he escaped, and after many adventures among the natives he returned to France. He engaged in new conspiracies under the consulate, and was a few years in prison. After the return of the Bourbons, Pitou received a small pension.

Works

He published Relation de mon voyage à Cayenne et chez les anthropophages. This work, although full of inaccuracies, excited the public curiosity, and a second, enlarged edition was published.