Fire and Sword (novel)

For the Henryk Sienkiewicz novel, see With Fire and Sword. For the 2011 videogame, see Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword.
Fire and Sword
Author Simon Scarrow
Cover artist Tim Byrne
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series The Revolution Quartet
Genre Historical novel
Publisher Hodder Headline
Publication date
2009
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 657 pp
ISBN 978-0-7553-2438-5
Preceded by The Generals
Followed by The Fields of Death

Fire and Sword is the third book in Simon Scarrow's The Revolution Quartet series, which tells the story of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars from the point of view of Arthur Wesley (the future Duke of Wellington), and Napoleon Bonaparte.

Plot

The book covers the time period between December 1804 and April 1809. At the start of the novel, Napoleon has recently been crowned Emperor of France, while Arthur has returned from his successful campaigns in India. The plot of the novel revolves around Napoleon's wars in central Europe, and plans for the invasion of England, foiled by the Battle of Trafalgar. Running parallel to this story, Arthur Wesley is making a name for himself in the armies of Britain, commanding a unit of the army sent to deprive Napoleon of the Danish navy, and in the first expeditionary force sent to liberate Portugal from French rule. At the end of the novel, Napoleon's position is becoming more tenuous, with plots being hatched against him, while Arthur has begun to inflict the first defeats on the armies of Napoleon in the Iberian Peninsula.


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