{"product_id":"2940013621633","title":"The Plebiscite","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am writing this history for sensible people.  It is my own story\u003cbr\u003eduring the calamitous war we have just gone through.  I write it to\u003cbr\u003eshow those who shall come after us how many evil-minded people there\u003cbr\u003eare in the world, and how little we ought to trust fair words; for we\u003cbr\u003ehave been deceived in this village of ours after a most abominable\u003cbr\u003efashion; we have been deceived by all sorts of people--by the\u003cbr\u003esous-préfets, by the préfets, and by the Ministers; by the curés, by\u003cbr\u003ethe official gazettes; in a word, by each and all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCould any one have imagined that there are so many deceivers in this\u003cbr\u003eworld?  No, indeed; it requires to be seen with one's own eyes to be\u003cbr\u003ebelieved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the end we have had to pay dearly.  We have given up our hay, our\u003cbr\u003estraw, our corn, our flour, our cattle; and that was not enough.\u003cbr\u003eFinally, they gave up _us_, our own selves.  They said to us: \"You are\u003cbr\u003eno longer Frenchmen; you are Prussians!  We have taken your young men\u003cbr\u003eto fight in the war; they are dead, they are prisoners: now settle with\u003cbr\u003eBismarck any way you like; your business is none of ours!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut these things must be told plainly: so I will begin at the\u003cbr\u003ebeginning, without getting angry.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082991976688,"sku":"2940013621633","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013621633_p0.jpg?v=1763583101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013621633","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}