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The Duel

โœ Scribed by Joseph Conrad

Publisher
Melville House
Year
2011
Tongue
en-US
Weight
327 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN
1612190723

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โœฆ Synopsis

About This Book

"Haven't you heard of the duel going on ever since 1801?"

An exciting, swashbuckling thriller based on a true story about two of Napoleon's soldiers.

Conrad's brilliantly ironic tale about two officers in Napoleon's Grand Army who, under a futile pretext, fought an on-going series of duels throughout the Napoleanic Wars. Over decades, on every occasion they chanced to meet, they fought. Both satiric and deeply sad, this masterful tale treats both the futility of war and the absurdity of false honor, war's necessary accessory.

This Is An Enhanced eBook

This eBook contains Illuminations --additional illustrated material that expand the world of Conrad's novella through text and illustrations--at no additional charge.

"Illuminations" contains writings by Napoleon Bonaparte - Catherine Bearne - Captain Elzear Blaze - Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourienne - Richard...

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