The fourth novel in a brilliant Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian Adrian Goldsworthy.The year is 1809, and the recruiting sergeants are hard at work, as the British army gathers strength for the next phase of the campaign against Bonaparte on...

From the very beginning, Caesar"s story makes dazzling reading. In his late teens he narrowly avoided execution for opposing the military dictator Sulla. He was decorated for valour in battle, captured and held to ransom by pirates, and almost bankrupted...

The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet the Romans were first and foremost conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates in the...

It"s autumn 1810, Napoleon"'s legions have overrun Spain, and it looks as if Britain is losing the war. Backed by the Royal Navy, the British and their Spanish allies are clinging on to a toe-hold at Cadiz. As the French press ever closer, Lieutenant...

The third novel in the series sees new challenges for the men of the 106th Foot, as the British army attempts to recover from the disaster of Corunna and establish a foothold in the Peninsula. Featuring the battles of Medellin and Talavera, the 106th...

The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of antiquity. The forces involved and the casualties suffered by both sides were far greater than in any wars fought before the modern era,...

"[A] Jane Austen-meets-Bernard Cornwell novel"' Daily MailRaw recruits march under the summer sun. But on distant shores a terrible event is about to sing its siren"'s song to the true soldier gentlemen of Britain. For it is 1808, and the Peninsular War...

It"s 1811. Wellington has finally driven Napoleon"'s armies from Portugal, but the cost has been high. Fearing a French counter- attack, the British must rally their tired men and go on the offensive. Lieutenant Hamish Williams of the 106th Foot relishes...