The captain of a ship in port has been entrusted with a secret government mission. He gives leave to the crew, but orders them to report back ...

After World War I, widower Renier has returned to his estate Horlebecq. His sole diversion is his correspondence with the Parisian Rolande, who ...

In 1833, when the fledgling Belgian kingdom still fears a Dutch invasion, recruits were selected annually from an age cohort by a draw of lots in ...