Bosnian Chronicle

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Bosnian Chronicle (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)

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Jean Baptiste-Étienne Daville (zhahn bahp-TEEST-ay-TYEHN dah- VEEL), a French consul in Travnik. As a representative of French power and civilization, Daville has the difficult task of upholding a semblance of civility in a remote Balkan town ruled by the Ottoman Empire. Caught in a constant silent struggle between the other two powers, Turkey and Austro-Hungary, he accomplishes the task adroitly but not without a price to his personal life. He writes an epic poem about Alexander the Great and adores his mentor and idol, Napoleon Bonaparte. Perhaps because...

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