An Episode Under the Terror

An Episode Under the Terror [The Human Comedy: Scenes from Political Life]. -- 2021, Saga Egmont. -- 9. -- A short story ushering the reader into the violent and horrifying events that took place during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. The tale follows an old ex-Carmelite nun who is hiding from Robespierre with abject fear of what tomorrow may bring. Oozing with mystery and suspense, Balzac\'s allegorical prose is at its very finest here. The French author who, along with Flaubert, is widely regarded to be one of the founding fathers of realism in European fiction. -- ISBN 9990003955173 ((brož.)). -- ISBN 9788726668186 ((e-kniha))