The Ancien Regime Meets Witch Hunter Robin
Ancien Regime, Livre IV of the immensely clever Le Chevalier d'Eon, expands its scope in this volume to not-so-merry Olde England, where this time we have a go at the British monarchy. The ongoing cast of four French knights, d'Eon, Teillagory, Durand, and Robin must somehow again contrive to arrange a meeting with the female head-of-state, this time Queen Mary Charlotte, consort of King George III of later American Revolution infamy. Again however, it is not the royalty that poses the threat, but lesser members of the court and nobility, particularly the Earl of Sandwich and Dashwood, leader of the Hellfire Club and the real "puppetmaster" of the series the Japanese are so fond of. It develops Dashwood is the one behind most of the machinations thus far, with both St. Germain and Robespierre his willing agents.
With this revelation, we move into the second half of the series and no doubt much closer to some kind of showdown between the four Knights and the manipulating...
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