This story is the saga of a family , the Pelletier or Peltier. In only one generation , it became one of the most influent family of Nantes. The troubled period of the French Revolution and one member, brilliant and extravagant, of that family brought it to bankruptcy.....



Marie-Etienne PELTIER,
the corsair


Jean PELTIER-DUDOYER
the ship-owner
Jean-Gabriel PELTIER
the journalist
François Michaud
the son-in-law

The other PELTIERS

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