The third novel in the series sees new challenges for the men of the 106th Foot, as the British army attempts to recover from the disaster of Corunna and establish a foothold in the Peninsula Facing the battles of Medellin and Talavera, the 106th will have their mettle severely tested on the battlefield. But if Napoleon is to be ejected from Spain, war must also be waged in more covert ways. For Hanley, the former artist who is a more natural observer than fighter, the opportunity to become an "exploring officer" leads him into even more dangerous territory, the murky world of politics and partisans. And while Ensign Williams seeks to uncover the identity of the mysterious "Heroine of Saragossa," a conspiracy of revenge within the regiment itself threatens to destroy him before he has even faced a shot from the French.
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Adrian Goldsworthy is a historian whose nonfiction books include Antony and Cleopatra, Caesar: Life of a Colossus, and How Rome Fell. They have sold more than a quarter of a million copies and have been translated into more than 12 languages.
The third novel in the series and the first, for the author, based on Wellington's Spanish campaign. Out of the ordinary and quite gripping -- Clarissa Dickson Wright * THE BIG ISSUE * Dashing stuff that paints a vivid portrait of life - and death - in the early-19th-century British army * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
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