Brest

Brest is a port city on the western coast of France.

In November 1807, Brest was one of the many ports blockaded by Mr Norrell's rain ships, a magical construct appearing to show a vast fleet of British ships of the line in the outer bay [11]. The deception was first intuited by Admiral Desmoulin's servant Perroquet, who noticed many peculiarities and oddities in the fleet's behaviour during a four day observation under unpleasant conditions. Upon receiving Perroquet's report, the Admiral, accompanied by his servant and Captain Jumeau, sailed out to more closely observe the strange fleet, and thereby discovered their true nature [11].

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