The man in grey: Being episodes of the Chovan [i.e. Chouan] conspiracies in Normandy during the First Empire.

Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness · 1947

It has been a difficult task to piece together the fragmentary documents which alone throw a light--dim and flickering at the best--upon that mysterious personality known to the historians of the Napoleonic era as the Man in Grey. So very little is known about him. Age, appearance, domestic circumstances, everything pertaining to him has remained a matter of conjecture--even his name! In the reports sent by the all-powerful Minister to the Emperor he is invariably spoken of as "The Man in Grey." Once only does Fouché refer to him as "Fernand." Strange and mysterious creature! Nevertheless, he played an important part--_the_ most important, perhaps--in bringing to justice some of those …

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