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'''Roger Brook''' is a fictional secret agent and [[Napoleonic Wars]] Era gallant, later identified as the Chevalier de Breuc, in a series of twelve novels by [[Dennis Wheatley]]. The series, which covers events from a dozen years before the French Revolution to the fall of Napoleon, is historically accurate, written from the perspective of an aide-de-camp to [[Napoleon]] himself.
 
The twelve books, with the dates when first published, and the period covered by the plot of each book, are as follows:
* ''The Launching of Roger Brook'' (3 July 1947) covers 28 July 1783 - November 1787
* ''The Shadow of Tyburn Tree'' (6 May 1948) November 1787 - April 1789
* ''The Rising Storm'' (13 October 1949) April 1789 - July 1790
* ''The Man Who Killed the King'' (8 November 1951) June 1792 - August 1794
* ''The Dark Secret of Josephine'' (16 March 1955) August 1794 - April 1796
* ''The Rape of Venice'' (December19 October 1959) June 1796 - December 1797
* ''The Sultan's Daughter'' (19 August 1963) February 1798 - 31 December 1799
* ''The Wanton Princess'' (22 August 1966) 1 January 1800 - 30 November 1805
* ''Evil in a Mask'' (18 August 1969) February 1807 - September 1809
* ''The Ravishing of Lady Mary Ware'' (16 August 1971) September 1809 - 1 January 1813
* ''The Irish Witch'' (20 August 1973) 1812 - 1814
* ''Desperate Measures'' (2 September 1974) 1814 - 1815