false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170716147m/70020.jpg 70020 12 <br>Rousing, big, spirited, its action sweeping across oceans and continents, the last novel of Alexandre Dumas-lost for 125 years in the archives of the National Library in Paris-completes the <em>oeuvre</em> that Dumas imagined at the outset of his literary -career. Now, dynamically, in a tale of family honor and undying vengeance, of high adventure and heroic derring-do, <em>The Last Cavalier</em> fills that gap. <br><br>The last cavalier is also Count Hector de Sainte-Hermine, who for three years has been languishing in prison when, in 1804, on the eve of Napoleon's coronation as emperor of France, he learns what's to be his due. Stripped of his title and denied the hand of the woman he loves, he is freed by Napoleon on the condition that he serve as a common foot soldier in the imperial army. So it is in profound despair that Hector embarks on a succession of daring escapades. Again and again he wins glory-against brigands, bandits, the British; boa constrictors, sharks, croco-diles. And at the battle of Trafalgar it's his marksman's bullet that fells the famed English admiral Lord Nelson. <br><br>Yet however far his adventures may take him-from Burma's jungles to the wilds of Ireland-his destiny lies always in Paris, with his father's enemy, Napoleon. 3181605 2005 The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon total:79|5:19|4:20|3:28|2:12|1:0| 79 283 197 16 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 15:13:01 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 15:20:40 -0700 2009 Now some of the complaints: Of course the...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 20 11:58:37 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 11:59:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 02 13:09:02 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 27 05:06:41 -0800 2008 Fri May 23 06:11:47 -0700 2008 *******
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