Ernest Alfred Vizetelly was een Engelse journalist en auteur, bekend om zijn werk als oorlogscorrespondent. Zijn schrijven dook in de dramatische gebeurtenissen van zijn tijd en bood verslagen uit de eerste hand van belangrijke conflicten. Vizetelly's journalistieke aanpak combineerde scherpe observatie met een verhalend talent. Zijn memoires bieden een boeiend, persoonlijk perspectief op historische momenten.
An ambitious and unscrupulous priest arrives in the provincial town of Plassans, intent on conquering its political and social life. His arrival has profound consequences for the Mouret family, whose lives are turned upside down. This is the fourth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years.
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