Les Chouans et Une passion dans le désert

<p>Two powerful stories by Honoré de Balzac in one volume. Les Chouans plunges the reader into the heart of the French Revolution specifically the uprising in Brittany. This historical novel tells a tale of political intrigue love and betrayal amidst the chaos of the Vendée War. Aristocratic loyalists clash with Republican forces and a complex love triangle unfolds between a young Republican officer a noblewoman sympathetic to the royalist cause and a Chouan chieftain. </p><br/><p>Une passion dans le désert is a short story that recounts the extraordinary encounter of a French soldier with a panther during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Separated from his regiment the soldier finds himself in a desperate struggle for survival forming an unexpected and intense bond with the wild animal.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>