Elza, the female trickster

[jo_graham]

James Bond, Jack Sparrow, even D'Artagnan -- we're used to the male trickster as hero, or at least as the protagonist of his own story, but female tricksters are few and far between.  Elza, hero of The General's Mistress, The Emperor's Agent, and now The Marshal's Lover, is a female trickster.  She is a secret agent, the wily, seductive, libertine

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Did You Write the Great Wheel?

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From a History buff

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Have you considered that Bernadotte might have been Ptolemy in the past? Like Ptolemy he held his crown when the Empire collapsed, and he did a good job as king. His relationship with Napoleon was different than with Alexander, but then, Napoleon had a flaw, that he could not stop warring.

Knowing what I know of Napoleon, and the Civil Code he helped write, I am surprised that a proto-feminist like Elza could be smitten by him. He thoroughly deprived Frenchwomen of any rights.