Parmesan monastery

The action of the last novel of one of the brightest French authors of the XIX century standing occurs in Italy, a country of strong passions and a great culture. His theme becomes the fate of the Italians generation, which entered into life at the end of the 18th century, passionately dreaming of the independence of the Motherland, but the battle of Waterloo marked the collapse of enthusiastic illusions. The tension of events (murder, imprisonment, escape, clarifying the mystery of birth and death), deep psychological experiences of the heroes, for the sake of love going to betrayal and sacrificing the most expensive, as well as an impressive image of historical events of that era turn a novel into a undoubted masterpiece of world literature