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The Launching of Roger Brook
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1947
Covers July 1783 - November 1787. A young and restless Roger Brook has just completed his formal schooling and is ready for the real world, unknowing how much more schooling he is in store for. What he will learn soon after he lands in France for his adventure is how much he will fall for both the wicked and desirable Georgina and for Athénais de Rochambeau, yet another gorgeous object of his eyes.
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The Shadow of Tyburn Tree
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1948
Covers November 1787 - April 1789. Working for Prime Minister Pitt, Roger Brook is sent first to Russia. There he is pressed into duty as the latest lover of Catherine the Great. Afterwards, he heads to Sweden to watch that nation's king try to save Gothenberg.
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The Rising Storm
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1949
Covers April 1789 - July 1790. Prime Minister Pitt wants Roger Brook to check out the situation at the French court. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette feel all is fine but Brook learns there is great discontent among the common people, when he is not paying attention to the lovely Isabella D'Arana, who is already quite married.
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The Man Who Killed the King
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1951
Covers June 1792 - August 1794. The Great Terror is plaguing Paris. Roger Brook is on the scene under Pitt's orders but he puts himself into grave danger as he strives to find a way to save the life of the much hated Marie Antoinette.
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The Dark Secret of Josephine
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1955
Covers August 1794 - April 1796. Taking a vacation in the West Indies, Roger Brook is determined to spend his time and attention on three different beautiful women. He has not planned on learning deep secrets about Josephine of France and her early days before she met Napoleon.
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The Rape of Venice
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1959
Covers June 1796 - December 1797. In trouble for illegal dueling, Roger Brook sets sail to Calcutta with the beautiful Clarissa. Arriving there, he is stunned when she is suddenly kidnapped by a Venetian nobleman and takes his revenge by joining up with Napoleon who is readying his attack on Venice.
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The Sultan's Daughter
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1963
Covers February 1798 - December 1799 - Napoleon's forces are in Egypt trying to get out but Nelson's navy is preventing that. Roger Brook rescues a beautiful daughter of a Sultan from French soldiers about to rape. Then he does pretty much the same himself and she falls in love with him. This love causes her to later save him from certain death.
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The Wanton Princess
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1966
Covers January 1800 - November 1805 - Roger Brook is extremely busy, as always, in this 6-year span. His actions take him back home to England where a duel disrupts his romance, heads to France where he learns enough to hurry to Russia and then to the West Indies, ending back in Spain. Along the way he is asked to help console the bereft sister of Napoleon, a woman known for her beauty and her lust.
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Evil in a Mask
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1969
Covers February 1807 - September 1809 - Napoleon has gone from being a great unifier and champion of France to being a leader consumed with a desire to conquer more, a lust that is bankrupting his country and decimating his army. Roger Brook is there through it all but is constantly distracted by his own urges for the beautiful Lisala de Pumbal.
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The Ravishing of Lady Mary Ware
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1971
Covers September 1809 - January 1813. At the beginning of this period, Roger Brook is in Lisbon and has fallen for the lovely Lady Mary Ware. Duty forces him back to France and then on with Napoleon in his campaign to conquer Russia. It was in the latter months of 1812 as the French forces were fleeing the Russian winter that he is reunited with the Lady and the two face a horrible ordeal trying to get home.
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The Irish Witch
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1973
Covers 1812 - 1814. The infamous Hellfire Club has been resurrected and the elite of England are happily engaging in all manner of debauchery. Roger Brook might not have taken notice except his young daughter Susan has been chosen as the sacrifice to be made on Walpurgis Night.
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Desperate Measures
Written by Dennis Wheatley
Copyright: 1974
Covers 1814 - 1815. Peace has come to Europe and Roger Brook is happy back in England. Now entitled as Lord Kildonan, he is content to spend time with this young wife Mary and also with his mistress, Georgina. As Napoleon makes his comeback to regain power, Brook knows he has to get involved. What he does not know is that a very jealous Mary is plotting to ruin him and kill Georgina.
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