Chapter Summaries

Georgiana considered agricultural credit and France’s need for agricultural expertise before confronting Napoleon about the political traps surrounding his actions in Switzerland and Ancona. Napoleon teased her, offered to tell her a story, and hinted that he had a gift for her.

• Georgiana explained how the Agricultural Credit Administration connected local treasuries, regional banks, and its Paris headquarters to provide farmers with credit.
• Georgiana argued against relying on potatoes as a staple and noted that French farmers needed agricultural schools, seed companies, technical support, and markets.
• Georgiana adjourned the Agricultural Association meeting and described her plans to make Paris a hub for magical goods between East and West.
• Leon Sterndale asked whether Georgiana was still angry, and she warned him that he might have fallen into another trap.
• Georgiana challenged Bonaparte over Franz II’s silence about the invasion of Switzerland and the fate of Ancona, calling the situation a trap.
• Napoleon flirted with Georgiana, promised her a story and a gift, and she chose to hear the story first.

Georgiana’s sudden departure from the Sèvres ball caused alarm, and Napoleon responded by declaring her mad and assigning Guides to protect her. After she returned, she confronted Napoleon about his determination to take Valais, then learned how his army crossed the Great St Bernard Pass and saw the sheep he had given her as a gift; the chapter ended with him warning her not to interfere in the matter.

• Georgiana’s departure sent British guests, Leoncourt, and the residents of Saint-Germain into confusion and fear, so Napoleon declared her mad.
• Georgiana returned from Miss Chamorro’s villa, and Napoleon assigned Bessières’s Guides to protect her alongside the Mamluks.
• Georgiana confronted Napoleon about Valais and Josephine, struck him, and then broke down crying against him.
• Napoleon explained how Marmont’s sledges and war drums helped the army cross the Great St Bernard Pass, calling the mountain proof of their immortality.
• Napoleon showed Georgiana a Valais Blacknose sheep as her gift and said he intended to build the bank she had mentioned.
• Napoleon told Georgiana not to meddle in the effort to take Valais, reminding her that she was still a woman.

Georgiana traveled toward Saint Luke Palace while reflecting on Napoleon, France’s economy, and the danger of renewed war. She discovered Matilda had been reporting her whereabouts to Miss Caroline and advised her to manage the reward money carefully.

• Georgiana woke from a dream in the carriage and heard a guide singing a song about her and her husband.
• As the carriage traveled toward Saint Luke Palace, Georgiana considered France’s roads, industry, trade, and the costs of Napoleon’s military ambitions.
• Georgiana asked Matilda whether she wanted to become chief maid or receive diamonds, and Matilda said she wanted her father’s former fief back.
• Georgiana offered to help Matilda’s father find new land, but Matilda declined an annuity and explained that Miss Caroline paid her to report Georgiana’s daily life and whereabouts.
• Georgiana told Matilda she could report to Miss Caroline but should not squander the money, and they discussed financial management for the rest of the journey.

Georgiana reflected on Napoleon’s growing ambition and the wars threatening Europe as she prepared to leave him, though he mistook her departure for a protest. The chapter ended with Georgiana setting out to attend the burial of Saint Genevieve’s coffin, still insisting she was not angry.

• The chapter described the development of railways and steam power across Europe, including Richard Trevithick’s experimental locomotive, Catch Me Who Can.
• Napoleon sent Toussaint Louverture to Marly-le-Roi for his safety after Duke Ferdinand died and Georgiana narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.
• Georgiana considered Napoleon’s political ambitions, the danger of renewed war, and her plan to leave him after arranging matters for those who would follow her.
• Bailier reminded Georgiana that Saint Genevieve’s coffin was to be buried, and Georgiana left the vineyard owner’s villa with him.

Georgiana attended the ceremony to bury Saint Genevieve’s sarcophagus, while reflecting on Parisian history and Napoleon’s funeral. A mysterious message reported that Liechtenstein’s Mountain Troll Tribe had encountered the French army, suggesting Georgiana would not travel north.

• Georgiana recalled the grand funeral procession for Napoleon and compared it with the ceremony for Saint Genevieve’s sarcophagus.
• Josephine returned from the hot springs and joined Napoleon in welcoming the sarcophagus at the church.
• Georgiana recalled the legend of Saint Germanus saving prisoners from a fire in Paris and noted that Saint Martin’s Cloak had mysteriously appeared inside Saint Genevieve’s sarcophagus.
• Georgiana reflected on Bonaparte’s generosity toward Lannes and considered the risks of sending him to Antwerp amid tensions over Baltic trade.
• A slip of paper appeared in Georgiana’s hand, reporting that Liechtenstein’s Mountain Troll Tribe had encountered the French army.

Georgiana learned that Mountain Trolls were raiding Liechtenstein while war left the local wizards unable to respond, and she agreed to prepare to move out. She and Napoleon argued over conquest, morality, and his relationships, ending with him singing to her as she tried to leave.

• Georgiana heard that Ney's campaign had left Swiss wizards unable to deal with Mountain Trolls raiding Liechtenstein, and she agreed to prepare to move out.
• Napoleon led Georgiana into the academy, kissed her, and endured her slap before they argued about Josephine and Georgina.
• Napoleon explained Austria's plans for a railway to Trieste and defended his own ambitions to conquer Valais.
• Georgiana condemned Napoleon's treatment of a sixteen-year-old, and he challenged her moral judgment by comparing it with Murat's early work as a killer.
• Napoleon admitted he was jealous of Georgiana's husband and declared his love, then sang to her as she stamped on his foot.

Georgiana weighed Josephine’s position and her own neglect of Dermide while considering proposals for nursing and technical development in France. She also reflected on Josephine’s rumored infidelity and Napoleon’s need to withstand public opinion, then decided to sponsor an expedition and advertise for ideas.

• Georgiana used Sèvres porcelain revenue to support technological innovation and considered funding steam locomotives, agricultural stations, and technical training.
• Georgiana recalled the horrors of the Crimean War and wondered whether Evangeline Orpington had fought there or served with Florence Nightingale’s nurses.
• Georgiana proposed training women in shelters as nurses or midwives, with veterinary work as another option.
• Georgiana recognized that she had neglected Dermide’s upbringing and reflected on the differences between her maternal feelings and Josephine’s.
• Georgiana considered whether Josephine still loved Napoleon and concluded that public opinion would make trusting her politically difficult.
• Georgiana decided to support an expedition and considered placing a newspaper advertisement to find a worthwhile objective.

Georgiana and Napoleoni argued over her refusal to divorce and marry him, as she tried to maintain her principles amid political and personal pressures. He fell asleep in her arms while she sang a ballad, and she eventually fell asleep too.

• Georgiana reflected on the Swiss uprising, Ney's mission, and the challenges facing the proposed Swiss Bank and French railway projects.
• Napoleoni startled Georgiana, then coaxed her to discuss his beet sugar factory and suggested they go to Switzerland together.
• Napoleoni urged Georgiana to announce her divorce so they could marry, but she refused and defended her principles.
• Napoleoni insisted that Georgiana keep him company while he napped, and she kissed him before he fell asleep against her shoulder.
• Georgiana sang a ballad about a sleeping princess and a war fought over her, then fell asleep with Napoleoni in her arms.

Georgiana burned back mountain Trolls attacking amid the chaos in the Alps and prepared to rescue abducted Muggles and restore the forest. After warning Napoleon that a Dark wizard might one day burn Paris, she heard his account of Freemasonry and was welcomed into the Brotherhood.

• Harry and Ron rescued Hermione from a Troll at Hogwarts using the Levitation Charm.
• Georgiana rode an Abraxan and used fireballs and Oppugno to burn the mountain Trolls and hold back their attack.
• Georgiana had French pure-blood wizards block the arriving Wizarding Confederation members while she focused on stopping the Trolls and rescuing abducted Muggles.
• Georgiana landed, prepared to replant the burned forest, and startled Napoleon when she cast Incendio as he approached.
• Georgiana warned Napoleon that a Dark wizard might burn Paris and questioned him about Freemasonry.
• Napoleon described Freemasonry’s ideals and invited Georgiana to join the Brotherhood.

Georgiana learned about the Marciana Library’s Greek collection and the books Napoleon’s soldiers had taken from Venice. A reporter also heard about the Freemason Alliance’s guarded castle and the strange people who maintained it.

• Georgiana learned that Napoleon’s soldiers had removed five thousand ancient books from Venice, including the Grimani Breviary and Leonardo da Vinci’s The Golden Ratio.
• She discovered that the Marciana Library’s core collection consisted of Greek works on law, medicine, classical texts, and geography, but not military affairs.
• The chapter described Venice’s Greek printing industry, its religious independence, and the Brotherhood’s removal of books on alchemy and magic.
• A source told a reporter that the Freemason Alliance had built a castle with a deadly word-guessing mechanism protecting a hidden chamber.
• The reporter learned that hooded, silent people maintained the castle and dismissed the idea that they worshipped women.

Georgiana spent an evening exploring Paris’s theatres and underworld with Napoleoni, then resisted his advances and spoke with him about love and the woman in her heart. Their carriage ride ended with a gunshot outside, while Napoleoni dismissed the danger and held her close.

• Napoleoni took Georgiana to Temple Boulevard, where they watched a Bharatanatyam performance and visited the Black Cat Tavern’s underground fighting den.
• Georgiana cheered for a boxer in a red vest, fed Napoleoni strawberry ice cream, and returned with him by carriage through the foggy streets.
• Napoleoni tried to kiss Georgiana, but she pushed him away and reminded him that he had regretted their closeness and still had troubles to handle.
• Napoleoni asked whether Georgiana could fall in love with him again and acknowledged that someone else was in her heart; she changed the subject to a house’s books and its unopened room, Adam’s Origin.
• Georgiana told Napoleoni that women were not toys to fight over, and he kissed her again before a gunshot sounded outside the carriage.
• Napoleoni assured Georgiana that he was unharmed, dismissed her alarm, and pulled her into his embrace as she wished him happiness.

Georgiana discussed Ferdinand of Parma’s unresolved death, rumors about Hortense’s child, and political maneuvering in Switzerland with Gilles Gobert. She gave Goebel six hundred thousand francs and told him to keep Toussaint alive.

• Gilles Gobert asked Georgiana who had killed Ferdinand of Parma and suggested the Queen of Etruria was responsible.
• Goebel told Georgiana that Hortense had given birth to a son, Napoleon-Louis-Charles, and that palace rumors named Napoleon as the father.
• Goebel said Georgiana’s retreat to a convent had disproved claims that she had gone mad, then warned her that Britain was involved in Switzerland through Moore, a supporter of Reding.
• Georgiana considered how Napoleon’s policies toward Switzerland and Toussaint’s constitution could affect France, Saint-Domingue, and the sugar trade.
• Georgiana told Goebel to keep Toussaint alive, then signed him a check for six hundred thousand francs without asking what he needed it for.

Georgiana questioned Bailier about Napoleon and the rumors surrounding him, while Bailier warned that public distrust and financial grievances could make Paris dangerously unstable. Bailier disappeared, leaving a mysterious bracelet behind, and Georgiana was left considering the warning.

• Bailier asked Georgiana whether she believed Napoleon was not the father of Hortense’s child and offered to help her leave.
• Georgiana refused to leave before Napoleon’s duel with Severus, and Bailier warned that Paris was simmering with unrest beneath its calm appearance.
• Bailier recounted how Louis XV’s refusal to receive the fishwives’ blessings alienated the people and cautioned Georgiana not to trust tavern spies or a king who abandoned his capital.
• Bailier linked the Swiss war’s coin payments to Georgiana’s intervention and warned that French soldiers rejected paper currency.
• Bailier vanished after tossing Georgiana a gold coin, which dissolved; Georgiana knocked the bracelet to the floor, and Bailier hesitated to pick it up.

Georgiana realized that a banker had drawn her into a British plot and confessed what she knew to Bonaparte. She sought comfort with him and ended the chapter drinking to forget her worries.

• Georgiana considered the Rothschild family, Hessian mercenaries, and the dangers of being connected to British financial schemes.
• Georgiana recalled how Parisian gangs and kidnappers targeted people in different districts, while she prepared to leave Paris for Belgium.
• Georgiana recognized the British trap involving a Hessian army and questioned the purpose of a golden bracelet.
• Georgiana told Bonaparte she had been set up and explained that she had learned the banker served the British.
• Bonaparte called Georgiana a conqueror, and she advised him not to trust tavern spies or kings who abandoned their capitals.
• Georgiana and Bonaparte leaned on each other and agreed to drink.

Georgiana visited the Freemasons’ headquarters, where Langweiye and Mr. Ribot examined the strange bracelet and discussed its possible links to ancient civilizations. They asked her to help locate a Venetian nautical chart’s origin point, and she agreed to continue investigating.

• Georgiana arrived at the Freemasons’ headquarters with Fiegel and was shown the bookmaking rooms and a rubbing of a compass rose.
• Langweiye explained that Venetian sailors used the term “maestra” for an uncertain origin point on Mediterranean charts, and Georgiana asked what finding it would accomplish.
• Georgiana used Wingardium Leviosa to place her rune-engraved gold bracelet on the table, and Langweiye and Mr. Ribot studied its eye-shaped design and discussed its possible dark magic.
• Mr. Ribot asked Georgiana about the wind god she had trapped in a bottle, while Langweiye spoke of Etruscan engineering and the Freemasons’ hopes for a new Renaissance.
• Georgiana laughed at the thought of London becoming like Venice, then agreed to keep searching for the chart’s origin point and guessing which god the ancient people worshipped.

Georgiana discussed France’s political and economic future with Langweiye and Ribot while they tried to cheer her up. She resisted their efforts to involve her in founding a girls’ school, and the chapter ended with her reflections on women, love, and freedom.

• Langweiye secured the golden bracelet in an iron box while Georgiana considered the need for a trustworthy French Ministry of Magic department.
• Langweiye and Ribot tried to lift Georgiana’s spirits with chocolate and talk of her portrait and her encounter with Napoleoni.
• Georgiana asked to meet Langweiye’s mute guards, and Fiegel went downstairs to test them.
• Langweiye and Ribot discussed French wars, European trade, women’s education, and the possibility of Georgiana establishing a girls’ school.
• Georgiana refused to teach at an all-female school or endorse coeducation, then reflected on women’s lives, romantic ideals, and the freedom of dreams.

Georgiana investigated the altar at Burgundy Residence and then negotiated with Napoleon, using an ancient ring as a deposit for a mission. Napoleon left after demanding that she decide whether to divorce her husband, while Georgiana remained uncertain about their relationship.

• Georgiana used the Supersensory Charm at the altar but was overwhelmed by the city’s noise and stench and began to cry.
• Napoleon came to see Georgiana, and she gave him a gold ring she identified as an engagement ring once connected to Attila.
• Georgiana asked Napoleon to grant Britons in France freedom from camps and to stop widening or deepening Venice’s Grand Canal.
• Georgiana offered Napoleon an alchemical secret and urged him to keep their political struggle from harming civilians, but he refused to guarantee that no innocents would suffer.
• Napoleon told Georgiana to divorce her husband and left, saying he could not predict what she would do.

Georgiana reflected on trade, politics, and Napoleon’s succession concerns before a ghost appeared in her room and offered advice about inheritance. The ghost revealed himself as Carloman, Pepin the Short’s elder brother, and asked Georgiana for help finding his way home from Italy.

• Georgiana considered how neutral shipping could help France bypass British trade restrictions and benefit neutral countries.
• A ghost entered Georgiana’s room while she was bathing and said she had summoned him.
• The ghost hinted that his brotherly inheritance dispute could offer advice to Napoleon and Joseph Bonaparte.
• Georgiana asked the ghost to identify himself, and he explained that his younger brother was Pepin the Short.
• Georgiana recognized the ghost as Carloman, and he said he could barely remember the way home from Italy.

Georgiana reflected on the rivalries and burial histories of the Frankish kings while investigating whether Burgundy Residence could have held the treasures of Saint-Denis. She ruled it out, but remained stuck with Carloman’s ghost and ended the chapter wondering about the Black Lake and her missing Golden Egg.

• Georgiana considered how Victor might be overshadowed by his younger brother and recalled Carloman’s defeat by Pepin and retreat to Monte Cassino Abbey.
• She recounted Charlemagne’s seizure of Carloman I’s lands and his family’s disappearance, along with the differing burial customs of Pepin and Charlemagne.
• Georgiana described how Pepin secured permission to move Saint-Germain’s coffin by granting land to monks, while young Prince Charlie lost a baby tooth in the crypt.
• She recounted the looting and destruction of royal tombs during the French Revolution and concluded that Burgundy Residence was unlikely to have held the Saint-Denis treasures.
• Georgiana struggled to get dressed while Carloman prattled and Myrtle cried, then sneezed and wondered whether the Black Lake had been as cold during the Triwizard Tournament and where her Golden Egg was.

Georgiana and Leon discussed power, heirs, and their relationship after Carloman’s ghost appeared. Leon promised not to imprison English commoners and spoke of retiring with Georgiana one day, while she considered how to help France without forming factions; they ended by going upstairs to see the ghost.

• Georgiana blamed Leon’s thoughts about an heir for attracting Carloman’s ghost and asked whether he planned to name Joseph or Hortense’s son as his successor.
• Leon reflected on rule, public opinion, and his wish to be reincarnated with his memories so he could guide his son and remain beloved.
• Leon questioned whether Georgiana meant to become Queen Regent after his death, then spoke of accepting her English connections and moderate Royalists.
• Georgiana asked Leon to send her to a convent, but he insisted he loved her and wanted them to live together in Venice after France regained order.
• Georgiana proposed using tobacco smuggling through neutral countries to weaken England’s monopoly, while Leon suggested marriage alliances to unite his supporters.
• Leon and Georgiana went up to the tower to see Carloman’s ghost and listened to distant bells over Paris.