American Pathfinder Charles MacDonald Pathfinder Book One |
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| Author:
| Mitchell, Frank |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9969908-5-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
| Publisher: | Story Merchant
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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American PathfinderIn April of 1798, Napoleon appoints Lieutenant Charles MacDonald, a 19-year old graduate geographical engineer to be the pathfinder for his personal Brigade of Guides during the invasion of Egypt. Charles's father, the blind General James MacDonald is a trusted confidant of Napoleon. The senior MacDonald was his instructor in engineering and mapmaking at the L'Ecole Militaire more than a decade earlier. Charles was born in Virginia during the American Revolution...
More DescriptionAmerican PathfinderIn April of 1798, Napoleon appoints Lieutenant Charles MacDonald, a 19-year old graduate geographical engineer to be the pathfinder for his personal Brigade of Guides during the invasion of Egypt. Charles's father, the blind General James MacDonald is a trusted confidant of Napoleon. The senior MacDonald was his instructor in engineering and mapmaking at the L'Ecole Militaire more than a decade earlier. Charles was born in Virginia during the American Revolution and educated in France. He is a graduate of the L'Ecole Polytechnique and a postgraduate of L'École des Ponts. Agents of the British Secret Service who are trying to undermine the invasion of Egypt interfere in Charles' journey on a number of occasions by attempting to rob mail coaches he is accompanying.