Sophie Cherel Sophie Cherel

Napoleon’s abdications

The chronology of the collapse of the Empire to the advent of the Restoration in month of April 1814 notoriously difficult to establish. And the waters have been significantly muddied by the scarcity of archival documents, the occasional biased imprecision of memoirists, and the deliberate falsehoods published in newspapers. Napoleon’s abdication, though a pivotal event, remains shrouded in mystery.

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Sophie Cherel Sophie Cherel

The Devil’s Luck

Chapter 1 of a book about a prolific smuggling professional, the wacky schemes he brewed up, the trouble he got into and out of, and the tricks he astonishingly pulled off.

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