Le Chevalier Des Touches
1986
Le Chevalier Des Touches is a historical novel by J. Barbey d'Aurevilly, first published in 1886. Set in post-Revolutionary France during the Wars of the Vendée, it explores themes of loyalty and nostalgia through the enigmatic figure of the Chevalier des Touches. The narrative unfolds in the town of Valognes, where characters reflect on their past and the impact of civil war, revealing their intertwined fates and memories tied to the Bourbon monarchy.
