{"product_id":"his-excellency-eugne-rougon-9780198748250","title":"His Excellency Eug?ne Rougon","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'He loved power for power's sake . . . He was without question the greatest of the Rougons.' \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis Excellency Eugène Rougon\u003c\/em\u003e (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 echelons of French Second Empire society, including the Imperial court, it focuses on the fluctuating fortunes of the authoritarian Eugène 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. \u003cem\u003eHis Excellency Eugène Rougon\u003c\/em\u003e is about politics everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198748250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"?mile Zola","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44337898553525,"sku":"9780198748250","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_620937bb-5bd3-41b5-92a4-a8119fc3c51b.jpg?v=1719329699","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/his-excellency-eugne-rougon-9780198748250","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}