Four essential stories from the authentic pen of the age of Revolution, Consulate and EmpireHonore de Balzac was quite literally a child of the Napoleonic age. Born in 1799 he grew to be one of the most highly regarded French writers of any age and his works are acknowledged influences on several authors of renown who followed him including Zola, Flaubert, Henry James and even Jack Kerouac! His most frequently referenced writer in the English language was, however, Charles Dickens. Those who are familiar with Balzacs work need no introduction to it here, but for those less familiar with it, this favourable comparison reveals that here was one who knew how to tell a good story filled with real, well crafted, rounded characters who are authentic to their age. This collection of Balzacs fiction contains only those stories which are set in the Napoleonic era itself. Having grown up in this period and having about him a plethora of living reference sources in the form of those who took an active part in it, these highly entertaining tales, combined with Balzacs own genius can be nothing other than pure reading pleasure. Several of Balzacs pieces have been filmed including some of those collected here. The first storya novelis an adventure concerning The Chouansthose who remained loyal to the French monarchy and who dared to rise against the government of Revolutionary France. In Juana the reader is transported to the campaign in Spain where the French army under Suchet centres...

Binding: Paperback;348 pages; Publisher: Oakpast; Classification: N/A; Weight: 563.61 g; Dimensions: N/A

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