Contents
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Title Page
Copyright
Maps
Dramatis Personae
Epigraph
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Author’s Note
Glossary
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Dramatis Personae
* indicates fictitious character
*Sir Thomas Kydd, captain of HMS Tyger
*Nicholas Renzi, Earl of Farndon, friend and former confidential secretary
Tyger, ship’s company
*Bowden
second lieutenant
*Bray
first lieutenant
*Brice
third lieutenant
*Clinton
captain, Royal Marines
*Darby
gunner
*Dillon
Kydd’s confidential secretary
*Dodd
sergeant, Royal Marines
*Doud
quartermaster’s mate
*Gilpin
midshipman
*Halgren
coxswain
*Joyce
sailing master
*Maynard
master’s mate
*Pinto
petty officer
*Rowan
midshipman
*Stirk
gunner’s mate
*Tysoe
Kydd’s valet
Others
Allemand
French rear admiral in command Rochefort fleet
*Appleby, Mrs
housekeeper of Knowle Manor
Beresford
British general under Moore
Bonaparte
French Emperor
Brightman
captain,
Concord
Broadwood
captain,
Lynx
Burrard
commander of British Forces, Iberia
*Campbell
flag-captain to Rowley
Canning
British foreign secretary
Carlos IV
King of Spain
Castlereagh
British secretary of state for war
Collingwood
commander-in-chief, Mediterranean fleet
Dalrymple
lieutenant general
De Courcy
admiral,
Tonnant
*Dolores de Vargas
Spanish patriot
Dom Antonio de
Castro
bishop and leader of Oporto junta
Dupont
French Imperial Army flying column commander
Espartero
aide to Montijo
Ezquerra
Spanish scholar and jurist
Fernando
Prince of Asturias, son of Carlos IV
*Fray Mendoza
Spanish cleric
Ganteaume
French vice admiral in command Brest fleet
Godoy
first minister to Carlos IV
*Grieves
lieutenant,
38
th of foot
*Haig
an Admiralty secretary
Hayward
captain,
Vigilant
Herrera
secretary to Godoy
Iñaki Haro
leader, Bilbao junta
*Inglis
English envoy to the Spanish Army
Izquierdo
envoy to the Emperor of the French
*Jago
Renzi’s under-steward and privy assistant
Kellerman
French cavalry division commander and negotiator, Treaty of Cintra
Layton
captain,
Jason
*Marceau
French prisoner of war, former captain
Preussen
*Mariano Vicente
de Lis
Spanish scholar
*Mason
captain,
Riposte
*Meireles
captain of the armed forces of the junta of Oporto Douro
Montijo
count, Spanish court functionary
Moore
commander-in-chief, British forces in Spain
Morla
general, the Army of Andalucía
*Morton
clandestine agent for French escapees
Mowlam
captain,
Menander
Murat
head of French forces in Spain
Noriega
Bilbao freedom junta of Patriots
Nott
parole agent
*Ochoa
guerrilla
*Packwood
colonel and aide-de-camp to Moore
Pepita
mistress of Godoy
*Persephone
Lady Kydd
Portland
British prime minister
Rosily
French vice admiral of Iberian squadron in succession to Villeneuve
*Rowley
rear admiral,
Conqueror
Solano
royal governor of Cádiz
Soult
Marshal of France and pursuer of Moore
Strachan
vice admiral, Rochefort squadron
Thornbrough
vice admiral,
Royal Sovereign
*Tovey
blacksmith, Ivybridge
*Uribe
guerrilla commander
Wellesley
general, future Duke of Wellington
*Wishart
lieutenant, liaison officer to the Spanish Crown
‘I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne!’
Napoleon Bonaparte
Prologue
Spring 1808
Not forty miles from Paris, the Château de Fontainebleau lay in pompous repose. Before the Revolution its richly ornamented rooms had echoed to the pampered and carefree gaiety of the court of King Louis XVI. Now, a solemn and purposeful mood prevailed under its new occupant, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
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