Colonel Chabert
By Honoré de Balzac
Translated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell
Read by Bill Homewood
Unabridged
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Library CD (In Stock)
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9798200793082
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ISBN: 9798200793075
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ISBN: 9798200793099
| Runtime: | 2.92 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Classics |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
In the brutal Prussian winter of 1807, Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée suffered massive losses to the Russians in the Battle of Eylau. Many thousands died. Young Colonel Chabert falls heroically, his actions having turned the tide of the battle, but he is buried anonymously on the battlefield in a mass grave. Incredibly he is alive but severely injured, and digs himself out. On his eventual return to Paris, he finds his wife, the beautiful and ambitious Rosine, now remarried, his fortune gone. Chabert’s relentless, passionate pursuit of justice, supported by the determined young lawyer Derville, is gripping to the last page. This exquisitely written story has it all: love, hatred, treachery, hope and courage.Author
Author Bio: Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was born in Tours, France, educated at the Collège de Vendôme, and studied law at the Sorbonne. His father wished him to become a lawyer, but he left Tours in 1819 to seek his fortune as an author in Paris. He wrote eighty-five novels in twenty years, but his life was one of frequent privation. In 1850, he married Countess Hanska, a rich Polish lady with whom he had corresponded for more than fifteen years. Five months later, Balzac died in Paris.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Classics |
| Runtime: | 2.92 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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