Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wani mai tsaron gidan da aka ba shi ga kamfanin Havré, sannan jami'in bindiga a lokacin mulkin Louis XVIII da Charles X, ya shiga cikin yakin Spain
(1823) inda aka ba shi giciye na farko na Order of Saint Ferdinand. Ya bar sojojin bayan juyin juya halin Yuli na 1830 kuma ya sauka a matsayin mai sukar siyasa ta "Gazette de France". Ya kuma gudanar da sukar wasan kwaikwayo a can kuma ya sadaukar da kansa gaba ɗaya ga rubutu. Don haka ya buga adadi mai yawa na litattafan tarihi kuma an gabatar da wasanninsa a shahararrun matakai na Paris na lokacinsa: Théâtre des Nouveautés, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Gymnase dramatique da sauransu.