Jean-Luc & Anna Lise – A Novel of the Napoleonic Wars
Synopsis
Spanning the rise and fall of Napoleon’s empire, this historical fiction trilogy follows Jean-Luc Calliet, Adrien Bauck, and Anna Lise Bauck through years that test their loyalty, love, and humanity. Inspired by vivid recurring dreams, the series blends sweeping historical events with deeply personal journeys.
The Trilogy
Spanning the rise and fall of Napoleon’s empire, this historical fiction trilogy is a splitting into three of the original 2022 novel. Each include greater detail and some historical corrections.
The Trilogy follows Jean-Luc Calliet, Adrien Bauck, and Anna Lise Bauck through years that test their loyalty, love, and humanity. Inspired by vivid recurring dreams, the series blends sweeping historical events with deeply personal journeys.
Book 1: Alsace In the Shadow of Napoleon
(Available July 2026)
Jean-Luc and Adrien grow up in Colmar, where French and German identities collide. Their childhood ends when the violence of the French Revolution reaches their village in the form of a traveling guillotine. As suspicion spreads and families consider fleeing to Russia, the boys come of age amid fear, friendship, and the fragile hope represented by Adrien’s newborn sister, Anna Lise.
Book 2: Europe Under the Shadow of Napoleon (Available Fall 2026)
Innocence gives way to the brutal reality of war as Jean-Luc and Adrien are swept into Napoleon’s campaigns across Europe. As Jean-Luc rises through the ranks, he struggles with ambition, duty, and the moral cost of survival—especially after a disastrous mission forces him to risk everything to save Adrien.
Book 3: Russia Beneath the Shadow of Napoleon, (Available July 2026)
The story reaches its climax during Napoleon’s catastrophic invasion of Russia. Jean-Luc marches east with the Grande Armée, driven by both duty and his enduring love for Anna Lise in Moscow. Amid fire, starvation, and the brutal retreat from Moscow, he confronts the true cost of war and faces a final test of survival, love, and identity.
Napoleon’s Russian campaign started with 442,000 men. Only 10,000 men survived.
