https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?CF=BIB&NRECS=20&ISGLB=0 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5624472&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 1812. On the eve of the invasion of Russia, half-French, half-English Matthieu Carrey finds himself in the ranks of Napoleon's five hundred thousand strong army. With Tsar Alexander seemingly ill-prepared, a French victory seems certain. The Grande Armée will obliterate everything in its path. Carrey's purpose is less clear. Blackmailed into becoming a spy in the emperor's army, he hopes to follow his lover, a French actress who has gone to work in the Moscow theatre. Food and fodder grow scarce. The countryside teems with Cossacks, Russia's fearsome light cavalry, forcing imperial messenger Carrey to run a lethal daily gauntlet. Closer to home, he is increasingly pressured by his English handler to pass information to the Russians, and receives endless challenges to duel from another enemy, an arrogant cavalry officer. 1812. On the eve of the invasion of Russia, half-French, half-English Matthieu Carrey finds himself in the ranks of Napoleon's five hundred thousand strong army. With Tsar Alexander seemingly ill-prepared, a French victory seems certain. The Grande Armée will obliterate everything in its path. Carrey's purpose is less clear. Blackmailed into becoming a spy in the emperor's army, he hopes to follow his lover, a French actress who has gone to work in the Moscow theatre. Food and fodder grow scarce. The countryside teems with Cossacks, Russia's fearsome light cavalry, forcing imperial messenger Carrey to run a lethal daily gauntlet. Closer to home, he is increasingly pressured by his English handler to pass information to the Russians, and receives endless challenges to duel from another enemy, an arrogant cavalry officer.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kane, Ben<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orion, 2024.<br />xv, 308 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Amersham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - HIS - Available - 95100000421832<br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - HIS - Available - 95100000421750<br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - HIS - Available - 95100000422073<br />Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - HIS - Available - 95100000422108<br />Burnham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - HIS - Available - 95100000422010<br />Chesham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - HIS - Available - 95100000422241<br />Farnham Common Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Donation: adult fiction - This item cannot be reserved (Set: 15 Jan 2024) - Onloan - Due: 27 Jun 2024 - 95100000376635<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - HIS - Available - 95100000421928<br />Princes Risborough Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - HIS - Available - 95100000422027<br />