Angelot – A Tale of the First Empire
Historical Novel of the Napoleonic Era
Eleanor C. Price
- On
- the
- eve
- of
- Napoleon's
- Peninsular
- War
- in
- Spain
- France
- was
- under
- the
- Emperors
- iron
- hand,
- the
- memory
- of
- the
- Reign
- of
- Terror
- made
- this
- lesser
- tyranny
- tolerable,
- and
- Napoleon's
- military
- genius
- was
- not
- questioned.
- Afraid
- of
- Royalist
- plots
- and
- conspiracies
- Napoleon
- had
- sent
- his
- Prefect
- to
- Les
- Chouettes
- a
- province
- in
- the
- West
- to
- meet
- Monsieur
- Angelot.
- Unaware
- of
- his
- uncle's
- conspiracy
- Angelot
- meets
- Prefect
- and
- the
- General
- Ratoneau,
- but
- unfortunate
- incidents
- make
- him
- a
- powerful
- enemy.
- From
- that
- point
- begins
- the
- adventure
- of
- Angelot
- filled
- with
- trials
- and tribulations.
