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To make Napoleon pay for kidnapping his son and nearly killing his wife, spy, adventurer and treasure hunter Ethan Gage, after his plot to sabotage Napoleon's coronation is foiled, flees to England where he and a group of brilliant renegades devise a daring plan as the French set sail for invasion.Tags
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I really enjoyed the last 20% of the book, wherein things are happening, Ethan Gage is fully engaged, and the historical writing is firing on all cylinders. Most of the rest of the book seems like misguided meandering with occasional sparks of interesting revelation or a mild twist.
It's not a bad book. Just not one of the best in the series.
It's not a bad book. Just not one of the best in the series.
Belle évocation historique du temps de Napoleon
Oct 8, 2016French
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"Along the way, readers will be treated to Dietrich’s fascinating touches of historical detail and Gage’s infectious personality, one part humble global servant and two parts self-directed opportunist who simply has to be where the action is."
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"Dietrich has the Gage series down to a formula, blending history with entertaining tall tales and a good deal of irreverence."
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Author Information
22+ Works 4,111 Members
William Dietrich lives in Anacortes, Washington. (Bowker Author Biography)
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Barbed Crown
- Original title
- The Barbed Crown
- Alternate titles
- The Barbed Crown: An Ethan Gage Adventure
- Original publication date
- 2013
- People/Characters
- Ethan Gage; Napoleon Bonaparte; Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
- Important places
- Paris, France; England, UK
- Important events
- Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte (1804)
- Epigraph
- The world belongs to him who knows how to seize it.
-Corsican proverb recited by Napoleon Bonaparte while making plans for an invasion of England. - Dedication
- To Molly, just starting her own explorations
- First words
- I was smuggled to France on a moonless flood tide, soaked from rain and spattered with the blood of a sailor beheaded by a cannonball.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The puppet had cut his strings.
- Blurbers
- Gabaldon, Diana; Stein, Garth; Dugoni, Robert; Margolin, Phillip
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3554 .I367 .B473 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 128
- Popularity
- 254,928
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.53)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 11
- ASINs
- 3
