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Penguin Classics (1972), Paperback, 224 pages
Description
Step back in history through the eyes of one of the masters of European realism. This keenly observed and utterly absorbing account of the period after Napoleon Bonaparte fell from power in nineteenth-century France is both an interesting historical document and an engrossing mystery.
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LibraryThing member jon1lambert
A knowledge of French history of the revolutionary and post-revolutonary period is needed to comprehend this book. I struggled despite an excellent introduction by Alain. I only managed to read the first 20 or so pages. Balzac's description are wonderful in their detail leading from the general to
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French
Original publication date
1841
Physical description
224 p.; 6.9 inches
ISBN
0140442715 / 9780140442717
Local notes
French title: Une Tenebreuse Affaire