Fire and Sword (Revolution Quartet)
Simon Scarrow
Fire and Sword (Revolution Quartet)
Third in the epic quartet of novels focussing on Wellington and Napoleon... In the early years of the nineteenth century, Arthur Wellesley (elevated to Viscount Wellington in the course of the novel) 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, established as Emperor, is cementing his control on Europe, intending finally to crush his hated foe across the Channel: Britain. The time is fast approaching when Wellington and Napoleon will come face to face in confrontation and only one man can emerge victorious...
4.0 out of 5 based on 2 reviews
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
Historical Fiction |
| Format |
Hardback |
| Pages |
528 |
| RRP |
£12.99 |
| Date of Publication |
January 2009 |
| ISBN |
978-0755324378 |
| Publisher |
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Third in the epic quartet of novels focussing on Wellington and Napoleon... In the early years of the nineteenth century, Arthur Wellesley (elevated to Viscount Wellington in the course of the novel) 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, established as Emperor, is cementing his control on Europe, intending finally to crush his hated foe across the Channel: Britain. The time is fast approaching when Wellington and Napoleon will come face to face in confrontation and only one man can emerge victorious...
Reviews
The Daily Mail
Kathy Stevenson
“One of history's most fascinating adversarial pairings is that of Napoleon and Wellington, and Simon Scarrow's quartet of books, of which this is the third, offer a vivid description of the two lives in tandem... The last book in the quartet cannot come quickly enough.”
20/02/2009
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The Daily Telegraph
Jeremy Jehu
“Scarrow’s way with historical “faction” is unashamedly that of the instructive drama-documentary, but he juggles the nuances nicely. His characters are merely formal, rather than wooden, and the lickety-spit action barely allows time to reload a musket between battles. One wonders, though, what he’ll make of the Waterloo showdown. Weren’t these two slogging to a draw until Blucher scored the decider?”
19/03/2009
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