{"product_id":"the-clemenceau-case-1","title":"Clemenceau Case","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Clemenceau Case\u003c\/i\u003e (1866) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas \u003ci\u003efils\u003c\/i\u003e. Partly inspired by his own life, the novel takes the form of a letter written from prison to a powerful judge. Looking back on his experiences as an illegitimate child, Pierre Clemenceau provides a scathing critique of French society for its treatment of women and children. Born out of wedlock, Pierre Clemenceau is raised by a mother who tells him he has no father. Clemenceau is educated at a local school until the age of ten, at which point he is sent to a prominent boarding school for boys. There, he struggles to make friends and suffers bullying at the hands of a young American. Tortured day and night, Pierre grows distrustful and violent, and soon turns to a life of crime. As he relates the story of his life to a powerful judge, he declares himself innocent due to the circumstance surrounding his birth, and maintains the following: “My true crime…for which earthly justice will not pursue me, but for which I will never pardon myself nor those who impelled me to, is that I have doubted, and sometimes blushed for my mother.” Filled with regret, he looks for answers from the society that made him doubt his mother in the first place, a society which allows men to escape the responsibilities of fatherhood with impunity. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alexandre Dumas \u003ci\u003efils’\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Clemenceau Case\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Margin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54023218725208,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781513132419.jpg?v=1780983955","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-clemenceau-case-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}