The Real Cyrano: Big Nose, Little Panache
On this day in 1655 Hercule Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac died at the age of thirty-six. He was the model for the hero in Edmond Rostand’s 1897 hit play, and a writer himself — several plays, and two science-fantasy novels. The real de Bergerac wasn’t the swordsman of legend, but he had a big nose, and a belief that "A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous, and liberal man."
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