The Spanish Bride
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Published: 1940Synopsis:
Shot-proof, fever-proof and a veteran campaigner at the age of twenty-five, Brigade-Major Harry Smith is reputed to be the luckiest man in Lord Wellington's army. But at the siege of Badajos, his friends foretell the ruin of his career. For when Harry meets the defenceless Juana, a fiery passion consumes him. Under the banner of honour and with the selfsame ardour he so frequently displays in battle, he dives headlong into marriage. In his beautiful child-bride, he finds a kindred spirit, and a temper to match. But for Juana, a long year of war must follow ...
1940 historical novel by Georgette Heyer
The Spanish Bride is a historical novel by English writer Georgette Heyer. Written during 1939, it was published in the UK by Heinemann in April 1940, and in the US by Doubleday in October 1940. Mainly it centres upon the life of Juana Smith, who has married her English husband during the closing years of the Peninsular War.
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