Strasbourg Stories

How about some History, huh? Today we'll be learning about the Dancing Plague back in 1518 in Strasbourg, France. This is my favourite piece of history, even though history is a sad and grim thing. Enjoy.

Strasbourg, 1793. Born into one of the city's most influential families, Adèle de Monroy grows up surrounded by privilege, power, and carefully guarded secrets. As revolution reshapes France and old loyalties begin to crumble, she discovers that the world she trusted is built upon deception. Behind political alliances and noble reputations hides an organization known as Faith - a movement that claims to guide society toward order and salvation. But beneath its noble image lies a network of manipulation, corruption, and violence. As Adèle uncovers the truth, she is forced to choose between loyalty to her family and loyalty to her conscience. Every answer reveals a deeper conspiracy, every step forward carries a greater cost, and every choice pushes her closer to a fate she cannot escape. Set against the turbulent aftermath of the French Revolution, The Ashes of Faith is a story of power, sacrifice, betrayal, and the devastating price of truth.

New chapters will be released each week. There are 21 chapters in Book 1. These chapters are part of a three-book trilogy which tells the story of three friends, Jean-Luc, Adrien, and Anna Lise, during the years of Napoleon's European wars from 1796 to 1806. Book one covers the time from Anna Lise's birth through the aftermath of Austerlitz, often considered Napoleon's greatest victory. Book 2 covers Napoleon's campaigns against Prussia and Spain. Jean-Luc and Adrien learn to live with all the horrible consequences of war. Book 3 covers Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia and the rescue of Anna Lise by Jean-Luc in Moscow and their harrowing trip home to Colmar, France. SYNOPSES 1795 two young boys return home from fishing to find their parish priest has been guillotined in the town square. Seventeen years later, Jean-Luc and Adrien have faced every horror and hardship imaginable as part of the emperor's Grande Armée, but their greatest challenge is still ahead . . . to find Jean-Luc's love, Anna Lise. "Jean-Luc & Anna Lise" is set in the turbulent years of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars and follows the lives of three childhood friends: Jean-Luc, Adrien, and Adrien's sister, Anna Lise. Jean-Luc and Adrien join Napoleon's army expecting grand adventure and glory. They do find courage and comradery, but they must also endure disease, intense suffering, and death. Complicating their lives is Jean-Luc's growing love for Anna Lise, who has fled with her parents from France to Russia . . . the country they must now invade. Will Jean-Luc and Adrien find Anna Lise, survive the brutal Russian winter, and return home to France? Can Jean-Luc reconcile himself with the horrors he has witnessed? An epic unfolding of heartfelt friendships, dire privations, and undying love.

500 years had passed and Mathilda still didn't know why she was alive. There were only two aspects of Mathilda's immortal life that had been constant. Being immortal meant that people kept trying to kill you. The other aspect felt much more dangerous. Being immortal meant that she was eternally stuck with whomever shared her affliction, which exclusively happened to be her siblings. 3 brothers. 2 sisters. One eternal search for the root of their problem. After centuries of unsuccessful searches and family fights, the siblings realize that one piece of the puzzle had always been missing.