Tableaux ­d’histoire dans les Contes du lundi ­d’Alphonse Daudet

In 1870, Alphonse Daudet did not hesitate to join up. The impressions of this terrible episode infuse accounts such as La dernière classe, Le siège de Berlin, now ­considered a classic. Far from being patriotic or vindictive, these stories take us behind the scenes of war to witness a range of varied moments all marked by a striking lucidity.