Robert Helmont

Robert Helmont is a novella by French author Alphonse Daudet. It is partly based on Daudet's actual experiences during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, as described in the Preface. Robert Helmont breaks his leg on the day of the start of the war. Unable to flee to Paris ahead of the advancing Saxons, he decides to hide in an hermitage deep in the Sénart woods. For the next 5 months he has a ser...