


Spring of 1798: Young Rory MacHugh leaves his Blackfoot World for an Ancient World. There determination, versatility, and several unique friends enable him to survive many new lives -- a British sailor, an Egyptian Mameluke, a convict, a Secret Agent, a French Grenadier, a Highland soldier, and a forbidden lover in an Egyptian court. But the most devastating is his first encounter with the man destined plunge the world into war and to become Rory’s own personal demon, the young General Napoleon Bonaparte
It is 1810, shortly after the British victory over the French invaders of Portugal. During the winter lull, MacHugh is sent to London to track down a beautiful French spy. Things do not work out as planned and he ends up kidnapped and imprisoned in France. He soon encounters, among others, the notorious Joseph Fouché (head of Napoleon’s Secret Police), the future King George IV, and the Duke of Wellington. MacHugh even finds himself embroiled in American plans to invade Canada.
The MacHugh Memoirs
Piper and adventurer Roderick Gaspard ‘Rory’ MacHugh tangles with Napoleon Bonaparte, The Duke of Wellington and Davy Crockett. Captured by the Blackfoot Indian tribe when he's 13, Rory learns to become a warrior. After a daring escape from prison, he joins the British Army, and then is seconded to the Secret Service. Despite a near-fatal weakness for the ladies, MacHugh travels from the plains of North America to cities and deserts on four continents. MacHugh returns forty years later to resume life as a Blackfoot. Or does he? Read more ...