What is going on in the wider world merely forms the context for this coming of age story about Georgiana (“Georgie”) Fitzwilliam, 16, who, as the story begins, is being banished to Stranje House by her parents. Yet, this book is not really about politics at all. (Although the book takes place in England, Napoleon’s whereabouts and fate were of critical importance to all of Europe.) The backdrop of the story revolves around the political intrigue of Napoleon’s supporters to get him back, and the royalists who want to restore the Bourbons to the the French throne.
Napoleon is in Elba, but everyone seems to know that island won’t hold him for long. This book, set in 1814 Regency England, is full of charm.
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