{"product_id":"9780062194114_the-barbed-crown","title":"The Barbed Crown","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Barbed Crown\u003c\/em\u003e, the sixth tale of rogue and adventurer Ethan Gage by William Dietrich, our hero returns to Paris and London. Against a background of imperial pomp and the gathering clouds of war, Gage plots revenge on Napoleon Bonaparte for the kidnap of his son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParis, the “City of Lights,” shines – but alongside its splendor is great squalor. Heroic patriotism rubs against mean ambition, while grand strategy and back-alley conspiracy are never far apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Ethan spies on the French court, his wife, Astiza, works to sabotage Napoleon’s coronation using the Crown of Thorns, a legendary relic said to have come from the Crucifixion itself. But when Napoleon is crowned nonetheless, they flee to England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Walmer Castle on the English coast, Gage joins a daring campaign by Smith, Fulton, rocket inventor William Congreve and smuggler Tom Johnstone to halt Napoleon’s intended invasion of England – a campaign which leads Ethan to take a role in the Battle of Trafalgar itself…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Dietrich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132731113621,"sku":"9780062194114","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780062194114.png?v=1777422889","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062194114_the-barbed-crown","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}