Pierre Antoine Noel Matthieu Bruno (Count Daru) was a French statesman and author. He was born in 1767 at Montpellier and died in 1829. He favoured the revolution, but was imprisoned during the reign of terror, when he translated the odes and epistles of Horace into French verse. Napoleon discovered his abilities and rewarded him by various official appointments of trust. In the campaigns against Austria and Prussia between 1806 and 1809 he served with ability as a diplomatist and financier. He became chief minister of state in 1811, and was called to the chamber of peers in 1818. He latterly devoted himself exclusively to letters. His chief works are his History of the Venetian Republic, Life of Sully, History of Bretagne, etc. Research Pierre Bruno
The Daru was a Hungarian two/three-seater tourer, trainer and glider-tug aircraft of the 1050's. The Daru was a high-wing braced monoplane of mixed construction powered by a Hirth or Walter Major 4-I four-cylinder inline inverted air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 180 kmh. Research Daru
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