Memory of Flames (34 page)

After extensive discussion the Allies decided to send Napoleon to the island of Elba. Fie was made sovereign of Elba and was allowed a small court. A very close watch was kept on him, however. The Emperor spent his time walking, gardening, receiving guests, discussing banalities and managing his ridiculous little empire ... The rest of Europe was persuaded that this was how he would spend the rest of his days. But in reality, he was counting up Louis XVI IPs errors. With each fault committed by the French monarch he felt he was a step nearer to returning to Paris ...

The 2nd Legion of the National Guard of Paris was in reality commanded by Comte Saint-Jean d’Angely, then by Major Odiot.

The exact location of their barracks is unknown.

But it is known that they did assemble in Place Vendome.
 

Armand Cabasson
was born in 1970. He is a psychiatrist working in the North of France.
Memory of Flames
is the third in the Quentin Margont series of thrillers set in the Napoleonic Wars. Armand Cabasson is a member of the Souvenir Napoleonien and has used his extensive research to create a vivid portrait of the Napoleonic campaigns.

Isabel Reid
studied History and French at Oxford University and has lived in France and Geneva.

Also by Armand Cabasson

The Officer’s Prey

Wolf Hunt
 

First published in 2009

by Gallic Books, 59 Ebury Street,

London, SW1W0NZ

This ebook edition first published in 2012

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THE OFFICER'S PREY

The Napoleonic Murders

Armand Cabasson

June 1812. Napoleon begins his invasion of Russia leading the largest army Europe has ever seen.

But amongst the troops of the Grande Armée is a savage murderer whose bloodlust is not satisfied in battle.

When an innocent Polish woman is brutally stabbed, Captain Quentin Margont of the 84th Regiment is put in charge of a secret investigation to unmask the perpetrator. Armed with the sole fact that the killer is an officer, Margont knows that he faces a nearimpossible task and the greatest challenge to his military career.

‘Combines the suspense of a thriller with the compelling narrative of a war epic’
Le Parisien

‘Cabasson skilfully weaves an intriguing mystery into a rich historical background’
Mail on Sunday

'...an enthralling and unromantic account of Napoleonic war seen from a soldier’s perspective’
The Morning Star

'...vivid portrayal of the Grande Armée ...'
Literary Review

‘Cabasson’s atmospheric novel makes a splendid war epic ...'

Sunday Telegraph

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WOLF HUNT

The Napoleonic Murders

Armand Cabasson

May 1809. The forces of Napoleon’s Grande Armée are in Austria. For young Lieutenant Lukas Relmyer it is hard to return to the place where he and fellow orphan Franz were kidnapped four years earlier. Franz was brutally murdered and Lukas has vowed to avenge his death.

When the body of another orphan is found on the battlefield, Captain Quentin Margont and Lukas join forces to track down the wolf who is prowling once more in the forests of Aspern ...

Winner of the Napoleon Foundation’s fiction award 2005

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CLISSON AND EUGÉNIE

Napoleon Bonaparte

'Their eyes met ... and they soon knew that their hearts were
made for each other.’

Triumphant on the field of battle, Clisson turns his back on worldly success. He falls in love and marries Eugenie, but how

long will their love survive?

The tragic story of Clisson and Eugenie reveals one of history’s great leaders also to be an accomplished writer of fiction.

Written in an eloquently Romantic style true to its period, the
story offers the reader a fascinating insight into how the young Napoleon viewed love, women and military life.

Aged 26, and having already known success as a soldier, Napoleon was at something of a low ebb both professionally and personally when he began
Clisson and Eugenie
, and there are undoubted parallels between his own life and their story.

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