How fast can you fly on a horse in 1815 from Rouen south, then over to Honfleur? All to escape mobs and Napoleon!
When the little general escaped Elba February 26 1815, so many were shocked that he could. But he did and he went quickly, gaining support from old army veterans and active ones too as well as with the people. Tired of the new King Louis XVIII already, the French were happy to welcome Napoleon back.
Or at least at first they were.
In my newest BECAUSE OF YOU, my heroine and hero learn of Napoleon's march north to Paris six days later than his landing in Cannes. Why? Well, no tv or telephones then, you see! Word had to travel via runners.
And when it did, those like Daisy Molyneaux Ruxton and her English husband, Daniel Ruxton, must run of their lives.
Going only at night to escape detection, and going in disguise, they must travel an unknown road. They do it for three nights to finally arrive in Honfleur and book passage home to England!
And this is their route!
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