Soldier's Hat

In 1943, despite her own physical disabilities and the stress of living in a Paris under Nazi occupation, Colette, aged 70, published this delightful quartet of tales. In `The Soldier`s Hat`, a middle-aged woman blossoms when an unlikely love affair embellishes her hard-working existence - until she makes a fateful mistake. `The Tender Shoot` sees a fifty-year-old roué trounced when his roving eye falls on a fifteen-year-old country girl. In `The Green Sealing Wax`, the success of a widow`s attempt to forge her late husband`s will depends on the colour of the sealing wax she uses. `Armande` is a tale of two bashful lovers. Maxime is unable to declare his passion for Armande, nor can she express her feelings for him, until one day she shakes a door handle too violently...