{"product_id":"poems-von-victor-hugo-2","title":"Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eTowards the close of the First French Revolution, Joseph Leopold Sigisbert Hugo, son of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea joiner at Nancy, and an officer risen from the ranks in the Republican army, married \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie Trébuchet, daughter of a Nantes fitter-out of privateers, a Vendean royalist and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevotee. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor Marie Hugo, their second son, was born on the 26th of February, 1802, at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesançon, France. Though a weakling, he was carried, with his boy-brothers, in the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrain of their father through the south of France, in pursuit of Fra Diavolo, the Italian \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrigand, and finally into Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonel Hugo had become General, and there, besides being governor over three \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprovinces, was Lord High Steward at King Joseph's court, where his eldest son Abel was \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einstalled as page. The other two were educated for similar posts among hostile young \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpaniards under stern priestly tutors in the Nobles' College at Madrid, a palace \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecome a monastery. Upon the English advance to free Spain of the invaders, the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egeneral and Abel remained at bay, whilst the mother and children hastened to Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041988433\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Collection of Poems by Victor Hugo: Exploring Themes of Freedom, Genius, and Human Emotion\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041988433","offer_id":48350111859013,"sku":"9791041988433","price":25.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/4bb1bc39-0e64-4b78-84f4-1c891ce88a12.jpg?v=1768456393","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/poems-von-victor-hugo-2","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}