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Conrad, Joseph
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Fiction
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1908
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Feedbooks
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English
β 72 KB
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The Duel
β Scribed by Joseph Conrad
- Publisher
- Melville House
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1935554514
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ 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 Napoleonβs soldiers.
Conradβs brilliantly ironic tale about two officers in Napoleonβs 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, warβs necessary accessory.
This Is A Melville House βHybridBookβ
HybridBooks are a union of print and electronic media: Purchasers of this print edition also receive Illuminations βadditional curated material that expand the world of Conrad's novella through text and illustrationsβat no additional charge.
To obtain the Illuminations for The Duel by Joseph Conrad , simply scan the QR code (or follow a url) found at the back of the print book, which leads to a page where you can download a file for your preferred electronic reading device.
"Illuminations" contains writings by Napoleon Bonaparte - Catherine Bearne - Captain Elzear Blaze - Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourienne - Richard Curle - And a historical appreciation of the real life Feraud and d'Hubert
Full-color illustrations include: Jacques-Louis David - Jean-Antoine Gros - Johannes Flintoe - Johann Gottfried Schadow - James Gillroy and others.
Also Included: βThe Code Duello: A Diverse Anthology For Personal Use β which includes in their entirety the French, Irish and American Southern C ode Duellos as well as the Queensbury Rules and a description of the Viking Holmganga. **
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