VANITY: The Fugitive of Bern (A Most Unlikely Hero, Band 1) - Softcover

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PLEASE NOTE: Previously published as Vain & Valour - Volume 1: VANITY (of the Vain & Valour series). This new Volume 1 - VANITY: The Fugitive of Bern (of the "A Most Unlikely Hero" series) is a revised edition.

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All he wants is a hot bath, a clean cravat, and to never see a dung-heap again. What he gets is a one-way trip to the gallows.

Switzerland. 1791. Conspiracy tears through the Confederacy. WANTED posters plaster every village. A nameless fugitive races for Zürich, clutching a scroll that could prevent war.

Alas, a blow to the head erases his past, his purpose, and — nay! — his common sense, too. Now washed up in a rural backwater hell, he’s convinced of one thing alone: he is meant for a life of exquisite luxury, not domestic drudgery. Natch, his past comes a-calling: assassins, bounty hunters, and a French invasion are all closing in. And as he bumbles through ambushes, cannonballs, and disasters aplenty, the ultimate irony dawns: the WANTED traitor may be the fool in the mirror.

Insufferable, blundering, and ludicrously bold, he might just change the course of history — provided his colossal vanity doesn’t doom them all first.

“Glory, jest, and riddle of the world!” — Alexander Pope

If you love the deadpan absurdity of Jonas Jonasson’s accidental heroes, the gleeful historical mischief of Christopher Moore, and the roguish, anti-hero antics of George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman, you’ll adore this slow-burn 18th-century intrigue.

Themes & Tropes:

• The Accidental Anti-Hero: Arrogant, vain, and gloriously out of his depth.
• Amnesia & Quest for Identity: A mystery where the missing puzzle piece is himself.
• Mistaken Identity: A classic farce of spies, bandits, lovers, and impostors.
• Fugitive on the Run: A high-stakes chase across the Alps with a Ticking Clock.
• The MacGuffin: A secret scroll that holds the key to Saving the Nation.
• Reverse Rags to Riches: A noble forced to endure peasant life.

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