Career
Peyrat was the author of Histoire des pasteurs du Désert: depuis la révocation de l"édit de Nantes jusqu"à la Révolution française, 1685 - 1789 (History of the Desert Fathers: from the revolution of the Edict of Nantes to the French Revolution, 1685-1789). Published in 1842, English translation 1852. lieutenant is a notable history of the Revolt of the Camisards.