A Life Defined by Line and Stone The trajectory of François Joseph Léo Drouyn shifts abruptly in 1826. The death of his father in Izon, Gironde, pulls a young boy away from the quietude of his childhood and thrusts him into a different world. By age eleven, he is far from the vineyards of his home, studying at the Collège Royal de Nancy. He spends eight years within those walls, eventually emerging in 1835 with a degree in letters. His…