Honore de Balzac, French novelist Cat flea - known as Kim and

- known as Kim and owned by Miss Violet Drummond-Dick

View of a manor house on Shacklewell Green

George V and the Prince of Wales

'The Burning Of Cranmer'

in the distance

Honore de Balzac, French novelist Cat flea - known as Kim andHonore de Balzac, French novelist, c1845 1890. Balzac (1799 1850) qualified as a lawyer, but abandoned the legal profession for literature. He was a prolific author of novels and, in particular, short stories, some of which are regarded as being amongst the greatest in the French language. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1845 1890, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1845 1890.