A collector of curious corners of history gathers eccentric people and extraordinary episodes that general histories pass over: the mysterious disappearance of the diplomat Benjamin Bathurst, the bigamous Duchess of Kingston, General Mallet’s conspiracy against Napoleon, the locksmith Gamain who betrayed Louis XVI, Abram the usurer, and a Danish bishop who nominated himself.
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