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Within the tale of criminal, The Barbed Overhead and adventurer Ethan Gage by William Dietrich, our hero returns to London and Paris. Against a history of imperial pomp and the gathering clouds of war, Gage plots vengeance on Napoleon Bonaparte for the kidnap of his son.Paris, the “City of Lamps,” shines – but alongside its elegance is very good squalor. Brave patriotism rubs against mean goal, while great strategy and back-street conspiracy should never be significantly apart.While Ethan agents about the German judge, his spouse, Astiza, functions to ruin Napoleon’s coronation utilizing the Crown of Thorns, a renowned relic believed to came in the Crucifixion itself. Nevertheless when Napoleon is topped nevertheless, they flee to England.At Walmer Castle to the English coastline, Gage ties a bold campaign by Cruz, Fulton, bomb creator William Congreve and smuggler Ben Johnstone to prevent Napoleon’s designed invasion of England – a campaign that leads Ethan to have a part in the Battle of Trafalgar itself…