The regimental representatives from the entire Grande Armée had been mobilised weeks in advance for the event, and the roads into Paris had been choked with traffic for days as dusty, cloaked detachments arrived from Italy, the Rhine and the Low Countries, including the units posted along the Spanish border and the German towns of Mainz and Strasburg. The route along the parade ground to the Champs de Mars fluttered with red, white and blue tricolours festooned onto railings and windows, as thousands slowly made their way to the Imperial Pavilion where Emperor Napoleon was to bestow his new bronze-cast Eagle battle-standards on the army.
The great city of Paris had shaken off the drabness of a cold December morning and bustled with activity. He removed his shako, wiped sweat from his brow, and jammed the helmet back on as he waited to receive the Irish battalion’s Imperial Eagle. Sous-lieutenant James Ryan of Napoleon’s Irish Legion had been standing at attention for an hour and breathed a sigh of relief when he could finally stand at ease. Turtle Bunbury, best-selling author and historian. Napoleon’s Blackguards is a pacy, sharp-shooting, vengeance-fuelled ode to an age of deadly duels, cavalry charges, cocked hats and musketry." "At long last! A novel that focuses on the significant Irish contribution to the extraordinary success of Napoleon’s army, set against the backdrop of The Peninsular War. Tim Newark, author of The Fighting Irish. Compelling characters, exciting scenes and a fascinating fictional ride through a refreshingly different aspect of the Napoleonic Wars. McGarry tells a great revenge story set among the Irish soldiers who fought for Napoleon.
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