On Love & War

Like none before, On Love & War takes us into the opulent palaces and torched villages of the Napoleonic Wars. Heartrending scenes of battle and loss blend perfectly with gripping portraits of characters who would themselves leave indelible marks on history. We taste their fear, we feel their pangs of hunger as decades of strife sluice by.Yet, a pair of forbidden lovers never give up attempts to carve out a small life in its midst. This sprawling epic gives us a view of Paris as a prisoner of war and of the endless, frigid steppes surrounding Moscow in the dead of winter.Marie comes from an aristocratic German family. Growing up in privilege in the palace of the king, she is trained in every aspect of the arts, politics, and culture that are expected of her station. Carl comes from a middling family of no pedigree. On the eve of Revolutionary France’s first invasion, at the age of twelve, he is sent off to the military. From their distinct vantage points, these two strangers experience all the heroism and horrors of decades of conflict. Yet, the lasting results of their chance meeting go beyond mere survival. Carl and Marie give us a love story for the ages. And they produce a volume of texts that shaped the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries more than any other single work in history.On Love & War is a true story of devotion – to country, honor, and one another. It stirs us to rise above our circumstances, while showing the all-too-human element of doubt and despair that may trap us along the way.