Recommended to Napoleon III to assist him in writing the Histoire de Jules César, Alfred Maury was appointed secretary of the Commission de Topographie des Gaules on its creation. An important figure of his time, this scholar quickly became indispensable to the emperor. As a result, Napoleon III appointed him librarian at the Tuileries, thus ensuring his office would be close to his own.
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