408 pages
French language
Published 1996 by Booking international.
contenant le récit de ses aventures extraordinaires, de ses infortunes, de ses souffrances au service de feu sa majesté prussienne, de ses visites à plusieurs cours de l'Europe, de son mariage, de sa splendide existence en Angleterre et en Irlande et de toutes les cruelles persécution, conspirations et calomnies dont il a été victime Maxi-Poche. Classiques étrangers
408 pages
French language
Published 1996 by Booking international.
Set in late 18th century Europe the adventures and misadventures of a minor member of the Irish gentry trying to better himself. Redmond Barry of Bally Barry is a clever young man, who learns the manners of a gentleman. This serves him well, for the next few decades he meanders through Europe, as a soldier, mercenary, gambler, and vagabond. He reaches the pinnacle of worldly success by marriage to an English heiress, but disastrously squanders her fortune and good will.