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James Burke - a spy in the age of Napoleon
Burke's mission to watch out for French plots in Egypt is overtaken by events when Napoleon invades the country. On one side: a French army, 35,000 strong. On the other: James Burke and Bernadita, the Spanish woman he has saved from captivity in Cairo. From the Battle of the Pyramids to Nelson's victory on the Nile, James Burke's adventures in Egypt find him at the eye of a desert storm. Can he frustrate French plans and get Bernadita safely out of country? And are the pigeons he had to carry to Alexandria going to be any help at all? James Burke's second adventure is set against the background of one of Napoleon's less well-known campaigns. It's real history - but not the stuff you learned at school.Genre: Historical
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