Ernest Rolle is one of the most prominent names in the genre of adventure novel. In the book of this French writer, “The Robber Cadrus,” we are talking about two inimitable heroes. One of them is Georges de Casa-Vecchia, a brilliant aristocrat, socialite and dandy, graciously received at Napoleon's court and given the rank of colonel by the emperor. The other is the legendary noble robber Cadrus, the elusive Robin Hood of the Napoleonic era, a favorite of the poor and a threat to those in power, who managed to deceive Bonaparte himself and his minions and won the love of the emperor’s beautiful niece. But could it be that Georges and Cadrus are the same person?