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The Blockade of Phalsburg: An Episode of the End of the Empire
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781479424450
Publisher: Agog! Press
Published: Feb 7 2025
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Set during the Franco-Prussian War, The Blockade of Phalsburg vividly depicts the hardships of a besieged town through the eyes of its resilient citizens. Erckmann-Chatrian masterfully blends historical detail with human drama, capturing the struggles, courage, and endurance of those caught in war's grip. A powerful tale of survival and patriotism, this novel remains a compelling read for fans of historical and military fiction.
Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Emile Erckmann (1822-1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826-1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written. Both Erckmann and Chatrian were born in the departement of Moselle, in the Lorraine region in the extreme north-east of France. They specialised in military fiction and ghost stories in a rustic mode, applying to the Vosges mountain range and the Alsace-Lorraine region techniques inspired by story-tellers from the Black Forest. Lifelong friends who first met in the spring of 1847, they finally quarreled during the mid-1880s, after which they did not produce any more stories jointly. During 1890 Chatrian died, and Erckmann wrote a few pieces under his own name. Many of Erckmann-Chatrian's works were translated into English by Adrian Ross.
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