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1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 55 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Classiques Hachette ; 43.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Bill Homewood. |
| 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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Colonel Chabert.
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Veterans -- Fiction.
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Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects -- Fiction.
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France -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Legal stories.
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| Added Author |
Lisle, Isabelle de.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781781983768 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1781983763 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14299835 |
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