An Notorious Military: A Novel of Wellington, Waterloo, Love and Struggle (Historic Romances, 9)

On the eve of battle, passions are operating excessive…

IN THE SUMMER OF 1815, with Napolean Bonaparte marching down from the north, Brussels is a whirlwind of events, balls and soirees. Within the swirling social scene surrounding the Duke of Wellington and his noble aides de camp, nobody attracts extra consideration than the attractive, outrageous younger widow Woman Barbara Childe. On their first assembly, dashing Colonel Charles Audley proposes to her, however even their betrothal would not calm her wild conduct. Lastly, with the Battle of Waterloo raging simply miles away, civilians fleeing and the wounded pouring again into the city, Woman Barbara discovers the place her coronary heart actually lies, and like a real noblewoman, she rises to the event, and to the calls for of affection, life and conflict…

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