by Henri Vincenot · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070372706
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«Les Chevaliers du chaudron» is the novel by Henri Vincenot, published by Folio in paperback (224 pages, in French).
In Second Empire France, at the dawn of the railway era, an old half-pay officer, drunk and deranged, confronts a young locomotive engineer nicknamed «knight of the cauldron». The former abhors industrialization; the latter believes in progress. A tragic love story frames this clash between past and future.
Complete text in French, with cover illustration by Nicolas Dusonchet and number 1270 in the Folio collection.
Recommended for readers with a command of French interested in historical fiction and the world of railroads.
