Balzac, Honoré de,  1799-1850 <br/><br/>
El Verdugo 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Verdugo_(short_story)  Release date is 2005-11-02 
<br/><br/>Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger  Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>French fiction -- Translations into English 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ