The Duel

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About This Book

""Haven't you heard of the duel going on ever since 1801?""
An exciting, swashbuckling thriller based on a true story about two of Napoleon's soldiers.
Conrad's brilliantly ironic tale about two officers in Napoleon's Grand Army who, under a futile pretext, fought an on-going series of duels throughout the Napoleanic Wars. Over decades, on every occasion they chanced to meet, they fought. Both satiric and deeply sad, this masterful tale treats both the futility of war and the absurdity of false honor, war's necessary accessory.
This Is A Melville House "HybridBook"
HybridBooks are a union of print and electronic media: Purchasers of this print edition also receive Illuminations--additional curated material that expand the world of Conrad's novella through text and illustrations--at no additional charge.
To obtain the Illuminations for "The Duel "by Joseph Conrad, simply scan the QR code (or follow a url) found at the back of the print book, which leads to a page where you can download a file for your preferred electronic reading device.

"Illuminations" contains writings by Napoleon Bonaparte - Catherine Bearne - Captain Elzear Blaze - Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourienne - Richard Curle - And a historical appreciation of the real life Feraud and d'Hubert
Full-color illustrations include: Jacques-Louis David - Jean-Antoine Gros - Johannes Flintoe - Johann Gottfried Schadow - James Gillroy and others.
Also Included: "The Code Duello: A Diverse Anthology For Personal Use" which includes in their entirety the French, Irish and American Southern C"ode Duellos" as well as the Queensbury Rules and a description of the Viking "Holmganga."

Contributor Bio: Conrad, Joseph
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) grew up amid political unrest in Russian-occupied Poland. After twenty years at sea with the French and British merchant navies, he settled in England in 1894. Over the next three decades he revolutionized the English novel with works such as Typhoon (1902), Youth (1902), Nostromo (1904), The Secret Agent (1907), Under Western Eyes (1911), Chance (1913), and Victory (1915).

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Joseph Conradx{0026}lt;/B (1857-1924) nació en la actual Ucrania y fue educado en la Polonia ocupada por Rusia. A los diecisiete años abandonó los estudios para enrolarse en la marina mercante francesa. Vivió una vida aventurera, zarpando de Marsella y viéndose envuelto en tráfico de armas y conspiraciones políticas. A los veintiún años había ya aprendido inglés, lengua en la que escribiría todas sus obras. Tras varios intentos, consiguió aprobar el examen de capitán de barco y finalmente obtuvo la nacionalidad británica en 1884. Entre sus obras más importantes cabe destacar La locura de Almayer (1895), El negro del Narciso (1897), Lord Jim (1900) o La línea de sombra (1917).x{0026}lt;/P