1816: the Grandest Tour
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Last published Thu, Oct 17, 2024
The Regency era, just after Napoleon's fall: four cheerful but clueless young men set out from England on the Grand Tour of Europe.
Join George, Robert, Hugh, and Tobias along with a host of memorable characters as they travel through dozens of countries meeting kings, artists, and revolutionaries, while doing their best to escape misadventures with the police, secret societies, spies, and love.
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