An Unattainable Stronghold
(2023)(The eighth book in the Peninsular War Saga series)
A novel by Lynn Bryant
It is 1813.
After his victory at Vitoria, Lord Wellington leads his army into the mountainous territory of the Pyrenees. Five long years of war have brought them to within sight of the French border for the first time.
Before he is ready to cross into France, Wellington needs to secure the coastal town of San Sebastian, which remains stubbornly in French hands. Meanwhile, across the border, Marshal Soult is sent to rally the disordered French forces to relieve the beleaguered town and push the Allied army back.
Major-General Paul van Daan is awaiting the return of some of his friends and missing those who are not coming back at all. He is in no mood to deal with an unreliable junior officer, a possible miscarriage of justice and a call for volunteers to storm the breaches of San Sebastian.
Along with her usual responsibilities, Anne van Daan is keeping a careful eye on Captain Michael O’Reilly’s courtship of her Spanish maid and an even closer eye on a litter of puppies at headquarters. Concerned that Paul’s exasperation with an incompetent young officer is making him uncharacteristically unsympathetic, she calls on Captain Simon Carlyon for help.
Captain Giles Fenwick needs to juggle his company duties with his temporary role as brigade-major and his ongoing job as an intelligence officer for Lord Wellington, leaving him no time to deal with his grief at the loss of a close friend.
In the French lines, Colonel Gabriel Bonnet leads his battalion across the border once again, but the chaos of the ensuing campaign and the squandering of lives cause Bonnet to question his reasons for remaining in Bonaparte’s army at all.
Captain Don Angel Cortez of the 1st Mallorcan regiment faces disgrace after a near-fatal duel. He is offered an opportunity to retrieve his reputation and revive his career but it means leaving his regiment for an uncertain future.
The Allied and French armies clash in a series of actions across the high passes of the Pyrenees, on the walls of San Sebastian and along the banks of the Bidassoa. Bonaparte’s men are defending their borders and for the first time, the end of the war may be in sight.
An Unattainable Stronghold is book 8 of the popular Peninsular War Saga.
Genre: Historical
After his victory at Vitoria, Lord Wellington leads his army into the mountainous territory of the Pyrenees. Five long years of war have brought them to within sight of the French border for the first time.
Before he is ready to cross into France, Wellington needs to secure the coastal town of San Sebastian, which remains stubbornly in French hands. Meanwhile, across the border, Marshal Soult is sent to rally the disordered French forces to relieve the beleaguered town and push the Allied army back.
Major-General Paul van Daan is awaiting the return of some of his friends and missing those who are not coming back at all. He is in no mood to deal with an unreliable junior officer, a possible miscarriage of justice and a call for volunteers to storm the breaches of San Sebastian.
Along with her usual responsibilities, Anne van Daan is keeping a careful eye on Captain Michael O’Reilly’s courtship of her Spanish maid and an even closer eye on a litter of puppies at headquarters. Concerned that Paul’s exasperation with an incompetent young officer is making him uncharacteristically unsympathetic, she calls on Captain Simon Carlyon for help.
Captain Giles Fenwick needs to juggle his company duties with his temporary role as brigade-major and his ongoing job as an intelligence officer for Lord Wellington, leaving him no time to deal with his grief at the loss of a close friend.
In the French lines, Colonel Gabriel Bonnet leads his battalion across the border once again, but the chaos of the ensuing campaign and the squandering of lives cause Bonnet to question his reasons for remaining in Bonaparte’s army at all.
Captain Don Angel Cortez of the 1st Mallorcan regiment faces disgrace after a near-fatal duel. He is offered an opportunity to retrieve his reputation and revive his career but it means leaving his regiment for an uncertain future.
The Allied and French armies clash in a series of actions across the high passes of the Pyrenees, on the walls of San Sebastian and along the banks of the Bidassoa. Bonaparte’s men are defending their borders and for the first time, the end of the war may be in sight.
An Unattainable Stronghold is book 8 of the popular Peninsular War Saga.
Genre: Historical
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