El Verdugo

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Verdugo_(short_story) Release date is 2005-11-02

Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger

"El Verdugo" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1830. Set during the Peninsular War in Spanish-occupied territory, it follows a French officer in love with a Spanish noblewoman whose family leads an uprising against his garrison. When the French retake the town, the commanding general orders brutal executions of the rebel leaders. A father must make an impossible bargain to spare one son, forcing a terrible choice that will haunt the family forever and test the limits of duty and survival. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



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