Dimensions
130 x 198 x 36mm
An epic tale of revenge set in Paris at the time of the 1871 Commune.
Tarpagnan, an army captain, has fallen in love with Gabriella Pucci, the mistress of Paris's greatest villain. As Tarpagnan searches the underworld for Gabriella, unknown to him, Grondin is searching for him.
Reminiscent of Victor Hugo's 'Les Miserables', with the zest for characterisation of Dickens, Vautrin's novel revels in the chaos and passion of the period culminating in the savage repression of the Commune. The final climactic moments between Grondin and Tarpagnan take place on the barricades as Paris descends into a fury of bloodletting and panic.
Fiction on a grand scale, Vautrin's multi-peopled novel exuberantly recreates the moment.
