James McGee (1)

En los primeros años del siglo XIX proliferan por Londres los resucitadores, ladrones de cadáveres que surten de género a las escuelas de anatomía. Matthew Hawkwood, un runner de Bow Street, ha servido de enlace con los guerrilleros españoles durante la guerra contra Napoleón, pero su nueva misión se desarrollará en un escenario más tétrico que un país en guerra: los cementerios de Londres y el tristemente famoso manicomio de Bedlam. Cuando se producen las primeras muertes, Hawkwood tratará de cazar a los asesinos, pero pronto aparece una presa especialmente escurridiza. El coronel Hyde, un cirujano demente, cuya locura solo puede compararse a su brillantez, se ha escapado del manicomio Bedlam y su genio incomprendido tiene algo que demostrar... lo que sin duda significará más trabajo para los enterradores.… (mehr)

Rebellion is based on a real-life attempted coup against Napoleon in 1812.
Matthew Hawkwood, a former military officer now a Bow Street Runner, has been sent to France by the Home Office. Napoleon and his Grand Army are in Moscow, and the country nearly bankrupt. He has been given no information as to his assignment but knows, if he fails, all help for, and knowledge of him will be withheld. When he learns of his assignment it is audacious, dangerous and may result either in Hawkwood helping change the course of history or, quite possibly, in his death.
Hawkwood goes to France disguised as a member of the French military, meets with people who want to see the end of Bonaparte (and not all of these are royalists), and, with the aid of fellow spies - both Scottish, works with the French dissidents to put into operation an audacious scheme to take control of Paris, thus taking control of the government, and the country itself.
The most remarkable thing about this book is revealed in the afterword, where the author tells us that virtually all of the characters in the main part of this story set in France during Napoleon's abortive invasion of Russia are historically accurate and that Hawkwood & co are woven into a real-life story. This makes the mixture of fact and fiction even more compelling.… (mehr)