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The Garden of Swords

by Max Pemberton

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical32 chapters
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CEFR level
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Length
32 chapters
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About this book

About this book

In 1870 Strasbourg, the wedding of Beatrix Hamilton, an English bride, to soldier Edmond Lefort draws a vibrant crowd steeped in history, memory, and whispered secrets, as old bonds and new beginnings intertwine beneath the shadow of the grand cathedral.

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Contents

32 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CHAPTER IPÈRE BONOT READS THE “COURRIER”
03CHAPTER IIAT THE PLACE KLEBER
04CHAPTER III“A LOOMING BASTION”
05CHAPTER IVAT THE CHÂLET OF THE NIEDERWALD
06CHAPTER VTHE HERALD OF THE STORM
07CHAPTER VITHE LAST DAY OF JULY
08CHAPTER VII“THOSE OTHERS”
09CHAPTER VIIIOVER THE HEARTS OF FRANCE
10CHAPTER IXTHE FUGITIVE
11CHAPTER XWAITING
12CHAPTER XITHE HUSSARS ARE AT GUNSTETT

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