An Historical Mystery; The Gondreville Mystery
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    An Historical Mystery; The Gondreville Mystery
                                            
                            By Honoré de Balzac
                            
                                3 Jan, 2020                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        This is a historical novel and some of the characters were real: Napoleon, of course, and his police chief Fouche; Talleyrand makes a brief appearance. When Balzac sprinkles his text with these, he writes as if the primary story was also real.
                                                This is a historical novel and some of the characters were real: Napoleon, of course, and his police chief Fouche; Talleyrand makes a brief appearance. When Balzac sprinkles his text with these, he writes as if the primary story was also real. Less