{"product_id":"9780198748250-his-excellency-eugene-rougon","title":"Zola Emile - His Excellency Eugene Rougon - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: He loved power for power's sake He was without question the greatest of the Rougons. His Excellency Eug ne Rougon (1876) is the sixth novel in Zola's twenty - volume Rougon - Macquart cycle. A political novel set in the corridors of power and in the upper chelons of French Second Empire society including the Imperial court it focuses on the fluctuating fortunes of the authoritarian Eug ne Rougon the 'vice - Emperor'. But it is more than just a chronicle. It plunges the reader into the essential dynamics of the political: the rivalries the scheming the jockeying for position the ups and downs the play of interests the lobbying and gossip the patronage and string - pulling the bribery and blackmail and especially the manipulation of language for political purposes. The novel's themes - especially its treatment of political discourse - have remarkable contemporary resonance. His Excellency Eug ne Rougon is about politics everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: His Excellency Eugene Rougon\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Zola Emile\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780198748250\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 384 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 6\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Oxford World's Classics\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Fiction In Translation","brand":"Zola Emile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332944494897,"sku":"IN-G-9780198748250","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780198748250.jpg?v=1754873660","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780198748250-his-excellency-eugene-rougon","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}