Notes and Remembrances, 1871-1872
Ludovic Halevy
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Description for Notes and Remembrances, 1871-1872
Hardback. Translator(s): Williams, Roger Lawrence. Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
This is an eyewitness account of the brutal ending of the civil war in France in 1871; the military destruction of the Commune of Paris by the national government in Versailles; and the subsequent legal judgments rendered against the insurgents. Ludovic Halévy, better known as a librettist and novelist, was not only a gifted writer, but a practical note taker who carried a notebook and pencils everywhere he walked. He recorded the sights, sounds, and smells of those days, as perhaps only a man of the theater would have, providing a readable account not likely to be encountered in conventional ... Read more
This is an eyewitness account of the brutal ending of the civil war in France in 1871; the military destruction of the Commune of Paris by the national government in Versailles; and the subsequent legal judgments rendered against the insurgents. Ludovic Halévy, better known as a librettist and novelist, was not only a gifted writer, but a practical note taker who carried a notebook and pencils everywhere he walked. He recorded the sights, sounds, and smells of those days, as perhaps only a man of the theater would have, providing a readable account not likely to be encountered in conventional ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
Number of Pages
141
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611491418
SKU
V9781611491418
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About Ludovic Halevy
Roger L. Williams is retired from the University of Wyoming.
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