Colonel Chabert [Naxos] - Honor de Balzac

Honor de Balzac

Public domain

Category: General Fiction

Narrator: Bill Homewood

Tags: General Fiction, Classic, Literature, Adults

In the brutal Prussian winter of 1807, Emperor Napoleon Bonapartes Grande Armee suffered massive losses to the Russians in the Battle of Eylau. Many thousands died. Young Colonel Chabert falls heroically, his actions having turned the tide of the battle, but he is buried anonymously on the battlefield in a mass grave. Incredibly, he is alive, but severely injured, and digs himself out. On his eventual return to Paris, he finds his wife, the beautiful and ambitious Rosine, now remarried, and his fortune gone. Chaberts relentless, passionate pursuit of justice, supported by the determined young lawyer Derville, is gripping to the last word. This exquisitely written story has it all: love, hatred, treachery, hope, and courage.