The Lines of Torres Vedras

by Griff Hosker Book 7 in the Napoleonic Horseman series.

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With the rest of Europe subservient to Emperor Napoleon, he sends his best Marshals to Portugal to rid himself of the annoyance that is Sir Arthur Wellesley. Thanks to an uncooperative parliament, the Viscount has little chance of defeating the French with their superior numbers and so he constructs a devilishly complicated series of defences north of Lisbon. While they are being built Major Matthews and his sergeant have to travel behind enemy lines to discover the size of the problem. There Major Matthews’ past comes back to haunt him and he risks all to gather the information which General Wellesley needs.

Historical Periods

Lines of Torres Vedras1810–1811 CE Siege of Badajoz1812-03-16–1812-04-06 Battle of Waterloo1815-06-18

Historical people

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington1769–1852 Jean-de-Dieu Soult1769–1851 André Masséna1758–1817 Napoleon1769–1821 Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Michel Ney1769–1815