Born in Paris to an Irish father, Maurice Tiernay grows up amid the guillotine and the Ninth of Thermidor, then throws himself into the armies of the Republic. His memoirs carry him through the French invasion of Ireland, the capture of Wolfe Tone, the fighting in Italy and a string of narrow escapes in the service of France.
Lever at his most dashing, a picaresque tour of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Download the free EPUB.