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The Soldier's Mother (A Tale of the First French Empire) single work   short story   war literature  
Issue Details: First known date: 1869... 1869 The Soldier's Mother (A Tale of the First French Empire)
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In 1809, on the eve of departing for battle in Austria, a brave French soldier deserts. Several months later on the eve of his execution he admits it was for love of his mother, and Napoleon revokes his sentence of death, bidding him to be as faithful to his mother France. (PB)

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