Project Gutenberg 2005-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 95 Ponson du Terrail 1829 1871 Terrail, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Ponson du Terrail, Pierre Alexis, Vicomte de Du Terrail, Pierre Alexis Le serment des hommes rouges: Aventures d'un enfant de Paris Produced by Carlo Traverso, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Le serment des hommes rouges: Aventures d'un enfant de Paris" by Ponson du Terrail is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a young boy named Tony, who is adopted by a seamstress, Madame Toinon, in Paris during the 18th century. As the narrative unfolds, Tony finds himself entangled in the tumultuous lives of the French nobility, marked by intrigue, duels, and romantic entanglements. The opening portion of the novel sets the stage in January 1746, with the Parisian opera ball creating a vibrant backdrop. We meet Madame Toinon, who prepares to attend the ball, as well as her adopted son, Tony, who is eager to join her. However, their evening is soon disrupted by a duel between two gentleman, with Tony witnessing the dramatic fallout as one is mortally wounded. The dying man's last request sends Tony on a quest involving a mysterious ebony box and a promise made in the heat of the moment, which propels him into a world fraught with danger and intrigue, leaving him to navigate relationships burdened by past oaths and secrets. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: French Literature 845906 2025-07-07T04:23:23.383420 text/html 826719 2020-12-14T11:58:01 text/html 401412 2025-07-07T04:23:37.884364 application/epub+zip 420427 2025-07-07T04:23:27.813407 application/epub+zip 393330 2025-07-07T04:23:26.091394 application/epub+zip 862479 2025-07-07T04:23:44.570291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 845912 2025-07-07T04:23:36.556329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 680067 2022-09-07T23:49:54.425380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 771901 2025-07-07T04:23:18.070454 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 754334 2020-12-14T11:58:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20370 2025-07-07T04:23:44.706281 application/rdf+xml 25053 2025-07-07T04:23:26.638376 image/jpeg 4802 2025-07-07T04:23:26.366396 image/jpeg 281463 2020-12-14T11:58:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 293760 2020-12-14T11:58:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 389583 2025-07-07T04:23:23.448391 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia