The Horseman on the Roof (novel)
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''The Horseman on the Roof'' (orig. French ''Le Hussard sur le toit'') is a 1951 adventure novel written by Jean Giono. It tells the story of Angelo Pardi, a young Italian carbonari, carbonaro colonel of hussars, caught up in the 1826–1837 cholera pandemic, 1832 cholera epidemic in Provence. In 1995, it was made into The Horseman on the Roof, a film of the same name directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau.


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*Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, ''Le Monde'' 100 Books of the Century 1951 French novels French novels adapted into films Novels by Jean Giono {{1950s-novel-stub