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Louis-François Lejeune, young colonel attached to the emperor's staff, meets his old friend Henri Beyne in occupied Vienna. He also meets the beautiful Anna Krauss, with whom he is madly in love with. Nearby, though, Napoleon is attempting to crush the Austrian army, and organising the crossing of the Danube for his troops on a single pontoon bridge hurriedly erected near Essling. Louis-François is forced to abandon his love and return to the front - and the coming firestorm ...
Frédéric Richaud
Frédéric Richaud est l'auteur, chez Grasset, de Monsieur le jardinier (1999), La Passe au diable (2002), La Ménagerie de Versailles (2006), Jean-Jacques (2008). Scénariste de bandes dessinées réputées, il a aussi écrit une biographie sur Luc Dietrich et préfacé deux de ses livres : Le Bonheur des tristes et L’Apprentissage de la ville.
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