Shuan, or Brittany in 1799. Balzac O.

The action of the Shuanov takes place at the end of 1799. These were the last months of the reign of the so -called directory and the first weeks of the consulate, headed by Napoleon Bonaparte. The power in the country was at that time in the hands of a large bourgeoisie, which took advantage of the victory of the bourgeois revolution in France in its interests.

The novel is based on one of the episodes of the struggle of the republican troops with the Shuans, headed by the nobles-Royalists And Catholic priests. The uprising of the Shuans of 1799 in the western provinces of the country-Brittany and Vandea-was the last serious outbreak of the piano rebellion, which covered the entire north-west France in 1793. This rebellion was inspired from abroad-from England, supplying the rebels and money.