{"product_id":"9781612270241","title":"The Black Coats","description":"1866. After the disappearance of their master, Colonel Bozzo-Corona, fourteen years earlier, the Black Coats are a mere travesty of their former selves. Taking advantage of the situation, young Saladin, nicknamed the \"Sword-Swallower,\" the son of Similor, a gang member, now the wily Marquis de Rosenthal, steps into the void and becomes the new Godfather. His ambitious plan to restore the once-powerful criminal empire to its invicible criminal glory consists of stealing the fortune of young Justine, kidnapped as a baby and turned into a rope-dancer with the name of Mademoiselle Saphir. Justine, in reality the daughter of the wealthy Justin de Vibraye, is also desired by the evil Duc de Chaves, a deadly adversary for the Sword-Swallower...\u003cp\u003eWritten third, but chronologically last in the series, The Sword-Swallower (1867) was intended by Paul Féval to be the final tale in the criminal saga of the Black Coats. \"It is a unique work, which might arguably benefit from being read in isolation, without any reference to its companions,\" notes Brian Stableford.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hollywood Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041950777584,"sku":"9781612270241","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612270241_p0.jpg?v=1763847532","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612270241","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}