Publisher's Synopsis
The war has led to so many upheavals that not many people now remember the Hergemont scandal of seventeen years ago. Let us recall the details in a few lines. One day in July 1902, M. Antoine d'Hergemont, the author of a series of well-known studies on the megalithic monuments of Brittany, was walking in the Bois with his daughter V ronique, when he was assaulted by four men, receiving a blow in the face with a walking-stick which felled him to the ground. Contents: The Deserted Cabin; On The Edge Of The Atlantic; Vorski's Son; The Poor People Of Sarek; "Four Women Crucified"; All's Well; François And Stéphane; Anguish; The Death-chamber; The Escape; The Scourge Of God; The Ascent Of Golgotha; "Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani!"; The Ancient Druid; The Hall Of The Underground Sacrifices; The Hall Of The Kings Of Bohemia; "cruel Prince, Obeying Destiny"; The God-Stone.
