The Snare

Complete and unabridged, with 60 full-page plates by Francisco Goya, Louis-Léopold Boilly and Edvard Munch. Portugal, 1810: Wellington's lines at Torres Vedras, an Irish officer accused of an outrage against a Portuguese convent, a court martial, and a political trap set for him by men on his own side. Sabatini spoke five languages and chose English because, he said, all the best stories are told ...