It is 1813.

The great powers of Europe are meeting to decide whether to seek a negotiated peace or a decisive victory over the Emperor Napoleon. Major-General Paul van Daan and his brigade are beginning to look forward to the end of the long war but the fighting is not over yet.

Now fully established on French soil, Wellington's army faces Marshal Soult's defeated troops once again in three days of fierce combat on the banks of the River Nive.

For the first time in his career Paul is faced with not one but two colonels fleeing the field with their battalions, leaving General Hill's corps in desperate peril. Ensign Laurence Fox is still adjusting to his new post as Paul's ADC when he is called upon to make a vital decision.

Major Giles Fenwick receives news from home which threatens to distract him from his assignment working with the Royal Navy to build a bridge over the River Adour.

Lord Wellington is beset by unwanted visitors to headquarters and is infuriated by a determined attempt by a party of Royalists to force him to declare for their cause. Anne van Daan has to leave the surgeons' tents for a while and use her diplomatic skills to diffuse the situation.

With winter quarters over, Wellington's army marches further into France towards the town of Orthez and another encounter with Soult's battered army.

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• Publication Date: November 10, 2025
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