Bonaparte's AvengersWith the forces of Austria and Russia destroyed a year earlier, Napoleon Bonaparte begins a campaign against Prussia and her powerful armies. But, for Bonaparte, this is not merely a war of conquest, it is one of revenge. In 1757, Frederick the Great's Prussian army had annihilated the French at the Battle of Rossback and Bonaparte wants vengeance for his country as well as extending his powerbase in Europe. During the summer of 1806, Alain Lausard

Heart-wrenching and life-affirming

It begins with the arrival not of a detective

Fandorin has been described as 'the James Bond of the 19th century' and Akunin has been compared to Gogol

and her mother does not seem able to stop them

Its a witty tale that poignantly plays with the different ways in which tourists and locals try and fail to communicate with each other on more than just the linguistic level

the couple must quickly decide whom to trust

When Viscount Bullivant and his family are taken prisoner by the Russians

Attractive

destroyer and merchant-ship captains

accusations of cowardice

In January 2001

Marshall Ney