Fire And Sword.

SIMON SCARROW

Publication: Headline, 2009, London

First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. The third in this epic quartet of novels focusing on two giants of European history, Wellington and Napoleon. December 1804. Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor of France, and his desire to rule Europe is overpowering. Arthur Wellesley and Napoleon Bonaparte are well-established as men of military genius. Wellesley has returned from India, where his skill and bravery made a remarkable impression on his superiors. He faces trials and tribulations on the political scene before becoming embroiled militarily in Copenhagen, then Portugal and finally Spain. Napoleon is cementing his control on Europe intending to crush his hated foe across the Channel: Great Britain. The time is fast approaching when Wellington and Napoleon will come face to face in confrontation and only one man can emerge victorious.

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