Dedicated to Alphonse Daudet, Jules Claretie’s novel follows a decent provincial deputy who is suddenly raised to a ministry in the Third Republic. Office brings flatterers, schemers and the adventuress Marianne, who uses his signature and his heart for her own ends while the political world of Paris closes in around him.
A sharp portrait of political ambition in 1880s France, for readers of Daudet and Maupassant. Download the free EPUB.