Colonel Chabert (Hesperus Classics) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Colonel Chabert Balzac's radiant story recounts the history of Colonel Chabert, a disenfranchised hero of the Napoleonic wars. Left for dead on the battlefield of Eylau, Chabert has spent years as an amnesiac in an asylum. The novel begins with his return to the life he left behind.
Full description- Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
- Published: 27 March 2003
- Format: Paperback 112 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Political & Legal | Historical Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781843910374 ISBN 10: 1843910373
- Sales rank: 250,278
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Full description for Colonel Chabert
Balzac's radiant story recounts the history of Colonel Chabert, a disenfranchised hero of the Napoleonic wars. Left for dead on the battlefield of Eylau, Chabert has spent years as an amnesiac in an asylum. The novel begins with his return to the life he left behind: only to discover that in his absence, his entire life - family, society, identity - has changed. With Napoleon deposed, France's aristocracy has returned to power 'as if the Revolution never occurred'. With Chabert supposedly dead, his wife is now married to a Count. Sickened by his wife's pretence not to recognise him, and the titled society which spurns his former meritorious deeds, Chabert vows to recover his money, his reputation and his name.
