Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris : The Story of a Friendship, a Novel, and a Terrible Year

Peter Brooks

From a distinguished literary historian, a look at Gustave Flaubert and his correspondence with George Sand during France's "terrible year"--summer 1870 through spring 1871 From the summer of 1870 through the spring of 1871, France suffered a humiliating defeat in its war against Prussia and witnessed ...