Bantam, London, 2006, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-553-81788-4.  MMPB, 392+ pages.  Unread copy with a bit of edge and corner wear, pages lightly tanning.  ‘Christmas 1826.  Captain Matthew Hervey of the 6^th Light Dragoons is a prisoner of the Spanish, incarcerated in the infamous fortress of Badajoz.  As he plans his escape, his thoughts return to the year 1812 when he was a cornet in Wellington’s Peninsular Army. …And while Hervey paces his prison cell and relives the bloodshed of battles past, friends from unexpected quarter are rushing to his aid …’ (from rear wrap)