Gossip from the Forest (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Keneally
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: November, 1918
- Setting: Berlin, Germany, and Compiègne, France
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Politics, France or French people, 1910’s, War, Military life or service, Peace, Germany or German people, Diplomacy or diplomats, Berlin, Treaties
- Locales: France, Berlin, Germany, Compiègne, France
Characters Discussed
Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch (fohsh), commander of the Allied armies and head of the Allied armistice delegation in November, 1918. A small yet physically imposing man of sixty-seven, with disproportionately large head and hands, he is “monumental.” The son of a provincial civil servant, educated by Jesuits, he rose quickly through the military, achieving the rank of captain at the age of twenty-six and that of major ten years later. A professor and then director of the École Supérieure de Guerre, he is well known as a military theorist; his teachings...
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