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ISBNs | 978-5-389-09395-9 |
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The weight | 0,945 kg |
Size | 140 × 210 mm |
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The reading public knows Maurice Druon first of all from the saga "Damned Kings", which revealed the dark secrets of the Middle Ages, and the cycle "The End of People", which tells about the backstage of modern society, about the decline of the dynasty of financiers and industrialists. The End of Men trilogy is Druon's most significant work. The heroes of the first novel, The Powerful Ones, who lived in France at the beginning of the XNUMXth century, can boast of family ties with the French nobility. Their fortune is estimated in millions of francs. Their children are the richest heirs in Paris. Why is there no peace in this family? Powerful politicians, financial tycoons, aristocrats and nouveau riche all get old at some point. The heroes of the second novel, The Collapse of the Pillars, are overtaken by illness and physical ailments. Their children, on the contrary, are gaining strength, their grandchildren are growing up, but the old people, with their amazing will to live, experience and tenacity, are trying to influence the new generation, proving that it is too early to write them off. The third novel in the series is titled Appointment in Hell. The wealth and power of the Schudler and de La Monnerie family are only reminded by high-profile titles and a family castle that yearned for repairs. Marie-Ange and Jean-Noel inherited not bequeathed millions, but the burden of a decrepit clan, spinelessness and cowardice. How to endure the hell of communication with loving people? In addition, according to the remark of one of the heroes of the novel, "everyone is fraught with his own hell" ...