In the autumn of 1803, with Bonaparte made Consul for life, the gamekeeper Michu is suspected of being a traitor by the very royalists he secretly serves. Laurence de Cinq-Cygne shelters her émigré cousins, the police agent Corentin sets traps, and the disappearance of Senator Malin de Gondreville brings innocent men to trial.
Often counted among the first political detective novels, part of Balzac’s Human Comedy. Download the free EPUB.