NEW HISTORICAL ADVENTURE SEES ROCKETS WREAK HAVOC WITH NAPOLEON’S ARMY AT LEIPZIG!

In my third adventure with Fin and Thomo, they embark on a secret mission direct from Wellington himself. Outwardly it would appear that they have to escort the infamous and injured Sir Robert de Lacey and his wife back to their home in Wimborne, Dorset, but this simply hides their real purpose; to discover whether a new weapon for the artillery – Rockets – will be a useful addition to Wellington’s army or another waste of resources that can be ill afforded by the man commanding the army that is trying to push the French out of Spain.

Fin and Thomo meet old and make new friends, get entangled with French prisoners of war, have to prove their worth to a new Troop, open the new Lord’s cricket ground before setting sail from Harwich for an unknown destination.

Always keen to help the ladies, they train their new surgeon’s wife in close combat before working with Cossacks and the Crown Prince of Sweden on a path that takes them to Leipzig and the Battle of Nations from which not all will return…

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