THE CHARIOT OF DEATH
Solon De Leon translation
A Tale of Caesar's Gallic Invasion
By EUGENE SUE
translated from the original french by
SOLON DE LEON
new york labor news company, 1907
new edition 1916
PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION
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The Brass Bell; or, The Chariot of Death is the second of Eugene Sue's monumental serial known under the collective title of The Mysteries of the People; or History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages.
The first story—The Gold Sickle; or, Hena, the Virgin of the Isle of Sen—fittingly preludes the grand drama conceived by the author. There the Gallic people are introduced upon the stage of history in the simplicity of their customs, their industrious habits, their bravery, lofty yet childlike—such as they were at the time of the Roman invasion by Caesar, 58 B. C. The present story is the thrilling introduction to the class struggle, that starts with the conquest of Gaul, and, in the subsequent seventeen stories, is pathetically and instructively carried across the ages, down to the French Revolution of 1848.
D. D. L.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Preface to the Translation
Chapter1. The Conflagration
Chapter2. In the Lion's Den
Chapter3. Gallic Virtue
Chapter4. The Trial
Chapter5. Into the Shallows
Chapter6. The Eve of Battle
Chapter7. The Battle of Vannes
Chapter8. After the Battle
Chapter9. Master and Slave
Chapter10. The Last Call to Arms
Chapter11. The Slaves' Toilet
Chapter12. Sold into Bondage
Chapter13. The Booth across the Way