Ferragus

Honoré de Balzac · 1833 · Mystery & Detective, Drama & Literary, Crime & Thriller

The first tale of Balzac's History of the Thirteen. In Restoration Paris, a young officer sees the beautiful, respectable Madame Jules slip in secret into a squalid street — and cannot rest until he knows her secret. But the mystery is guarded by Ferragus, chief of a hidden brotherhood of the powerful, who destroys the prying officer from the shadows; and when jealous whispers reach her devoted husband, a single doubt begins to poison the happiest marriage in Paris. A dark, atmospheric drama of curiosity, suspicion, and a secret that is innocent yet ruinous. Complete and richly illustrated.