Ernest Rollet is one of many French historical novelists of the late 19th century whose works were widely known in their time, but today are sometimes undeservedly forgotten. His work embodies the breathtaking spirit of adventure, transporting the reader to eras of turbulent historical change.

This edition presents the novel "The Robber Cadrus", the action of which takes place during the dark years of the French Revolution. During this period, gangs of robbers and murderers - Stranglers, Chauffeurs, Greasy Masks - ruled throughout France, and human lives were sometimes decided by one blow of the sword.

But even among the robbers there were men of honor, distinguished by their inner nobility and incorruptibility. This is what the main character, Cadrus, becomes - a man who was unable to break either Napoleon Bonaparte, who sought to restore order in France, or his loyal comrade - the head of the secret police Savary.

Full of dynamic battles, conspiracies and the fight for justice, this novel transports the reader to a world where honor and deceit, heroism and crime go hand in hand, and history is made on the edge of a sword.