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Wolf Hunt: The Napoleonic Murders 2 Reprint Edition
Author(s): Armand Cabasson (Author), Jane Aitken (Translator) (Author)
- Publisher: Gallic Books
- Publication Date: 13 Jun. 2011
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 1906040834
- ISBN-13: 9781906040833
Book Description
In 1809, the forces of Napoleon’s Grande Armée are in Austria. For young Lieutenant Lukas Relmyer, it is hard to return to the place where he and fellow orphan Franz were kidnapped four years previously. Franz was brutally murdered and Lukas has vowed to avenge his death. When the body of another orphan is found on the battlefield, Captain Quentin Margont and Lukas join forces to track down the wolf that is prowling once more in the forests of Aspern…
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘With vivid scenes of battle and military life … Cabasson’s atmospheric novel makes a splendid war epic’ –Sunday Telegraph
Cabasson skilfully weaves an intriguing mystery into a rich historical background –Mail on Sunday
Cabasson skilfully weaves an intriguing mystery into a rich historical background –Mail on Sunday
About the Author
Armand Cabasson is a psychiatrist and novelist working in the north of France. ‘The Officer’s Prey’ is the first in the Quentin Margont series of thrillers set in the Napoleonic Wars. It was published in France in 2002 as ‘Les proies de l’officier’ and received the 2003 Gendarmerie Nationale Thriller Prize. The second in the series, ‘Chasse au loup’ (published in the UK in May 2008 as ‘Wolf Hunt’) was awarded the 2005 Fiction Prize by the Napoleonic Foundation. Armand Cabasson is a member of the Souvenir Napoléonien and has used his extensive research to create a vivid portrait of the Napoleonic campaigns. ‘Memory of Flames’, the third Margont title, was published in October 2009.
