The story of a French military hero of the Napoleonic Wars, long assumed to be dead, tries to recover his fortune and former wife through the help of a famous Parisian lawyer. Colonel Chabert, a Napoleonic War hero supposedly killed in the Battle of Eylau, returns to Paris after a long convalescence to find his wife remarried, and his pension gone. He employs a young, well-known lawyer to at least reclaim his pension.
It is a game of wits: first to convince the lawyer that he is who he says he is; secondly to get his wife to admit to his identity and thereby give up some of her wealth. Once the lawyer believes Chabert's story, the wife must be made to part with his pension...
| ISBN: | 9781706881759 |
| Publication date: | 2nd December 2019 |
| Author: | Honoré de Balzac |
| Publisher: | Independently Published an imprint of Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 56 pages |
| Genres: |
General Fiction Classic fiction: general and literary Action Adventure Science Fiction Romance / Relationship Stories Historical Fiction Narrative theme: Politics Shorter Reads |
The story of a French military hero of the Napoleonic Wars, long assumed to be dead, tries to recover his fortune and former wife through the help of a famous Parisian lawyer. Colonel Chabert, a Napoleonic War hero supposedly killed in the Battle of Eylau, returns to Paris after a long convalescence to find his wife remarried, and his pension gone.
Colonel Chabert features in the following genres: General Fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, Action Adventure, Science Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Historical Fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Shorter Reads
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Colonel Chabert was written by Honoré de Balzac and published by Independently Published an imprint of Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US
Colonel Chabert has 56 pages