Rebellion

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Rebellion is brewing in Napoleonic Paris in the new action-packed novel from the author of the bestselling Ratcatcher October 1812: Britain & France are still at war. France is engaged on two battle fronts
- Spain & Russia
- & her civilians are growing weary of the fight. Rebellion is brewing. Since Napoleon Bonaparte appointed himself as First Consul there have been several attempts to either kill or overthrow him. All have failed so far! Meanwhile in London Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood has been seconded to the foreign arm of the Secret Service. There he meets the urbane Henry Brooke who tells him he's to join a colleague in Paris on a special mission. Brooke's agent has come up with a daring plan & he needs Hawkwood's help to put it into action. If the plan is successful it could lead to a negotiated peace treaty between France & the allies. Failure would mean prison torture & a meeting with the guillotine!