Chartreuse of Parma (The Charterhouse of Parma)
Author: last_name: Stendhal
Language: English
Year: 1901

This book is more often called <i>The Charterhouse of Parma</i> in English, because "Charterhouse" is the English word for a Carthusian monastery, whereas "Chartreuse" is the French word.<br><br>

The book tells the life of a Lombard nobleman, born soon after the appearance of Napoleon's army in Italy. He has many adventures in love, war, politics, and the Church. The politics and the Church part of his life result from his doting aunt's becoming the Prime Minister's mistress, and the power be