Napoleon's Spy

Name: Napoleon's Spy
SKU: 9781409197911
Price: 159 SEK
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Author: Ben Kane
ISBN: 9781409197911

The historical adventure about Napoleon, hero of Ridley Scott’s Hollywood blockbuster

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

AvBen Kane

159 kr

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'An epic tale' SIMON SCARROW'Exciting, immersive, well researched and great fun.' GILES KRISTIAN 'Harrowing and totally gripping' LEONORA NATTRASS 'Historical fiction has never been more visceral' JAMES ROLLINSNAPOLEON: EMPEROR OF FRANCE, MASTER OF EUROPE.1812. On the eve of the invasion of Russia, half-French, half-English Matthieu Carrey finds himself in the ranks of Napoleon's five hundred thousand strong army. With Tsar Alexander seemingly ill-prepared, a French victory seems certain. The Grande Armée will obliterate everything in its path.Carrey's purpose is less clear. Blackmailed into becoming a spy in the emperor's army, he hopes to follow his lover, a French actress who has gone to work in the Moscow theatre.As supplies grow scarce and temperatures plummet, the Grande Armée begins to crumble. Caught up in the maelstrom of war, Carrey embarks on an epic journey, while the Russians circle him like hungry wolves.Hundreds of miles lie between Carrey and safety. To reach it seems utterly impossible.***Readers are loving Ben Kane:Powerful evocation of our history' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'An engaging and exciting read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Gripped me from start to finish' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Epic tales, gorgeous prose, non-stop action' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Rich in period detail and lively in narrative' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-01-04
Mått126 x 196 x 30 mm
Vikt250 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagOrion Publishing Co
ISBN9781409197911

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Kenya born, Irish by blood and UK resident, Ben Kane's passion for history has seen him change career from veterinary medicine to writing, and taken him to more than 60 countries, and all 7 continents. Eleven of his novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers, and his books are published in twelve languages; a million copies have sold worldwide. In 2016, his research was recognised by Bristol University with an honorary Doctor of Letters degree. Kane lives in Somerset, where he writes full time.

Brilliantly entertaining. In Matthew Carrey, Ben Kane has created a wonderfully flawed but human hero, a man who, often unwittingly and many times entirely through his own errors of judgement, finds himself caught up in one desperate escapade after another, and which, like the very best historical adventures, see him cross seas and travel continents and, along the way, meet an array of acutely observed characters from villains to femme fatales and to Napoleon himself. Ben Kane's attention to historical detail is also second-to-none - in 1812 he had brought Napoleon's calamitous Russian campaign vividly and compelling to life in one of the most enjoyable and compelling historical romps I've read in a very long time