"Behind every great fortune there is a crime." ?Balzac, quoted by Mario Puzo in the introduction to his book, The Godfather In 1815, the Battle of Waterloo ended the Napoleonic age and restored the Bourbon monarchy to the ... more »throne of France. But the revolutionary spirit of 1789 refused to disappear, and the next decades saw France bitterly divided between conservative and revolutionary factions. This divided age produced some of the greatest achievements in French painting and literature.
Dominating these achievements were the novels of Honoré de Balzac. Balzac had a troubled life; afflicted by doubt, illness, women and debt, but overcame these difficulties to create an amazing work of literature entitled The Human Comedy. It was intended to comprise 143 separate novels, and although it was never completed, it was an unique achievement, a masterpiece that has influenced almost every writer who has come after him. Featuring reconstructions of Balzac?s life with interpretation and analysis by Graham Robb, the leading authority on Balzac?s life, Dr. Michele Hannoosh of St. Catherine?s College, Cambridge and Dr. Richard Bolter of Bristol University.« less
Genres:Documentary Sub-Genres:Documentary Studio:Kultur Video Format:DVD - Color DVD Release Date: 06/27/2006 Release Year: 2006 Run Time: 0hr 50min Screens: Color Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English, Spanish, French