Overview
The novel is partly an origin story, with a huge cast of characters swarming around - many of whom become the central figures of later novels in the series - and partly an account of the December 1851 coup d'etat that created the French Second Empire under Napoleon III as experienced in a large provincial town in southern France."
- | Author: Emile Zola, Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: May 15, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 328 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1533266948
- | ISBN-13: 9781533266941
