the proposal, in 1821, to purchase the estate of chambord for the duke of bordeaux called forth from courier the simple "discours de paul louis, vigneron de la chavonnière", one of his best pieces. for this he was tried and condemned to suffer a short imprisonment and to pay a fine. before he went to prison he published a "compte rendu" of his trial, which had a still larger circulation than the "discours" itself. in 1823 appeared the "livret de paul louis", the "gazette de village", followed in 1824 by his famous "pamphlet des pamphlets", called by his biographer, armand carrel, his swan-song.