title: Dark in the City of Light: A Novel
author: Paul Robertson
description: Baron Ferdinand Harsanyi, an Austrian diplomat stationed in Paris, gets control of his wife's valuable mines after her mysterious death. The mines produce mercury, a product sought by both France and Prussia as they hover on the brink of war in 1870. Harsanyi's two adult children have their own concerns: Rudolph reluctantly attends military school as his father wishes despite his own desire to attend the Sorbonne, and Therese takes up with a dashing French captain, Auguste de l'Imperator. The outbreak of war is only one of the complications that affects the family's relationships. European history buffs will appreciate this well-researched story featuring a number of real figures and events of the period. A sense of Paris under siege is nicely cinematic. But readers looking for a human story should go elsewhere; the characters evoke little empathy, and the plot gets a little slow and convoluted in its attempt to disguise the villains. The author is better at history than psychology. <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # The Lance Brody Series
  
  
  ### Books 1 and 2, plus Prequel Novella
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Michael Robertson, Jr.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, businesses, and
  incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used in a
  fictitious manner. Any similarities to events or locales or persons, living or
  dead, is entirely coincidental and should be recognized as such. No part of
  this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form, or by
  any means (electronic, mechanical, etc.) without the prior written consent and
  permission of the author.
  
  
  
  
  
  Dark Beginnings Copyright © 2016 Michael Robertson, Jr.
  
  
  Cover Design Copyright © 2016 Jason Collins
  
  
  Dark Game Copyright © 2016 Michael Robertson, Jr.
  
  
  Cover Design Copyright © 2016 Jason Collins
  
  
  Dark Son Copyright © 2017 Michael Robertson, Jr.
  
  
  Cover Design Copyright © 2017 Jason Collins
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  