The Map of Loyalty Cracks (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 11 – Part 2)

The king scrambles to find a stronghold.

As the reality of Napoleon’s return sinks in, Louis XVIII turns from disbelief to desperation—pressing Villefort for solutions and lashing out at his ministers. But the deeper he looks into France’s geography, the worse the news becomes: Napoleon knows the country better than the king himself.

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