Built on the papers of Samuel Rice, who joined the 51st Foot as an ensign, this is one officer’s war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Rice studies for the army, fights in the attack on Corsica, serves in Ceylon, and then campaigns through Corunna, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca and the drive of the French out of Spain.
A close-up view of the British army in Wellington’s day, for readers of the Peninsular War and the Sharpe novels. Download the free EPUB.