Bonaparte's Conquerors Barry Maitland Usually you do it without

Usually you do it without even realizing it

The seer smiles triumphantly

Melvyn Bragg's portrait of the mood and politics of the era remains as pertinent today as on its original publication

he can't believe it when a chance to escape arises

Could she really be the saviour Briton hopes for

Bonaparte's Conquerors Barry Maitland Usually you do it withoutRecalled to Paris for the first time in four years, Alain Lausard and his heroic cavalry unit look on as Bonaparte stages the coup d'etat that dissolves the existing regime. When the Corsican is appointed First Consul of the Republic, and his unit's stay in barracks becomes more prolonged, Lausard senses change in the air. With Bonaparte under pressure to make peace with the enemies of France, Lausard's dragoons are reduced to flushing out