{"product_id":"the-barbed-crown-an-ethan-gage-adventure-1","title":"The Barbed Crown: An Ethan Gage Adventure","description":"In The Barbed Crown  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. Paris  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. While Ethan spies on the French court  his wife  Astiza  works to sabotage Napoleons 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. At Walmer Castle on the English coast  Gage joins a daring campaign by Smith  Fulton  rocket inventor William Congreve and smuggler Tom Johnstone to halt Napoleons intended invasion of England  a campaign which leads Ethan to take a role in the Battle of Trafalgar itself","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44897754316853,"sku":"ByrdShop_0062194097","price":61.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0062194097.jpg?v=1767610936","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-barbed-crown-an-ethan-gage-adventure-1","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}