Les Drames De L'internationale (French Edition) - Softcover

Pierre Zaccone

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371819202 ISBN 13: 9780371819203

Publisher: HardPress, 2016

Synopsis

Les Drames De L'internationale by Pierre Zaccone is a French historical drama that intertwines crime, journalism, and the social upheavals of 19th-century Europe. The Prologue unfolds a daring murder in a Paris hotel on Rue du Rocher: Ursule Collet and widow Milton are found dead, and the imperial prosecutor Ducriveau reconstructs the crime's circumstances, tracing clues and possible ties to a fashionable circle. A pivotal figure emerges in Gilbert Dumesnil, a young engineer whose movements and alibi complicate the case, while the detective work intensifies as witnesses reveal strange whispers of motive, wealth, and a secret life. The narrative also introduces the networks of workers' organization—the Trades-Union movement and the International—and dramatizes their rise, the rhetoric of collective power, and the violence that can accompany revolutionary ideas. The action then shifts to Varennes, where Maurice Bernard, his beloved Berthe Carpentier, and their families become entangled in industrial conflict, mine disasters, and a perilous moral test. The Prologue culminates in looming threats, loyalties tested, and a dramatic turn that sets the course for a sweeping exploration of crime, justice, and social change.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 0371819202
• ISBN 13: 9780371819203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330