The Duel

An exciting, swashbuckling thriller based on a true story about two of Napoleonrs"s soldiers. Conradrs"s brilliantly ironic tale about two officers in Napoleonrs"s Grand Army who, under a futile pretext, fought an on-going series of duels throughout the Napoleanic Wars. Over decades, on every occasion they chanced to meet, they fought. Both satiric and deeply sad, this masterful tale treats both the futility of war and the absurdity of false honor, warrs"s necessary accessory.

Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), born to Polish parents, didn’t learn English until he was in his twenties, but went on to write some of the greatest works in the English language, including novellas such as Heart of Darkness and Freya of the Seven Isles.