[Ruel A. Macaraeg]

CNN reports that on Tuesday, a "right-wing historian and author" committed suicide at Notre Dame in Paris. The article identifies him as Dominique Venner, age 78.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/21/world/europe/fr...hpt=hp_bn2

Is this the same Dominique Venner who wrote Les Armes Blanches: Sabres et Epées in 1986?
http://www.forensicfashion.com/ReferencesInPrintFrenchV.html
The book's rear jacket flap describes him as "Historien, journaliste, expert dans les ventes publiques," etc.

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[Isaac D Rainey]

Yes, here is his wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Venner

[Christopher B Lellis]

CNN is vicious left wing propaganda. I don't recommond any person of European decent giving that network any time of your day.

They are pathological liars. Don't be fooled by the smiling commentators, they are not your friends.

[Nathan Robinson]

That's entirely out of bounds and unsuited for this site. Reel it in, man. Reel it in.

[Bruno Giordan]

He was an historian with a keen interest for military history, including the US Civil War.

What brought him to suicide has political motivations so it cannot be discussed here.

Whoever is interested to know a little more can PM me in private.

[Ruel A. Macaraeg]

Isaac, Bruno: Thanks for confirming. I had not been aware of Venner's other work or the controversies around it.

(Christopher: I'm of largely non-European descent.)

[Michael Curl]

Hahha, Ruel you busted me up with that last one.