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Having escaped from the
island of Elba, and landed in Golfe-Juan on March 1st 1815,
Napoleon entered Paris on March 20th. At the same time,
Louis XVIII won the battle of Gand and signed his second
abdication on June 2nd. It is this story of the upraisal of
the great catholic and royal army during the Hundred Days
that Jean-François Chiappe relates with his immense
talent, giving life to characters made of flesh, and always
prepared to give their blood out of loyalty to their
priciples. The famous historian, whose insightfulness is
matched only by his kindness, received a true ovation
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