Quatre Vingt Treize - V. Hugo

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[Ebook reader of Quatre Vingt Treize]Quatre-twenty-three - according to the spelling desired by the author - is the last novel by Victor Hugo, the action of which takes place around 1793.Published in 1874, it is set against the backdrop of the most terrible years of the French Revolution.Summary :Initially planned as the final part of a trilogy devoted to the French Revolution, the book is set in the darkest hours of the popular uprising: the Terror.The Convention “abdicated” after a bloodbath orchestrated by the Girondins and as if carried away by a murderous madness, the victors – Danton and Robespierre – will face each other to the death.Victor Hugo places his setting in Vendée where the royalists attempt one last roll of the dice.
The revolutionary fleet mercilessly hunts down a frigate, the Claymore.
On board is the Marquis de Lantenac who is to take the lead in the counter-revolutionary revolt.
At the very last moment, the royalist manages to reach the shore...Through his characters, Victor Hugo is not content with a simple clash between the values ​​of the old regime and those of the revolution.
Deeply republican, he brilliantly depicts the emergence of this ideal sullied by black and inflexible souls.(Audio book)