'Harry, will you listen to reason? This won't do! What can you do with such a girl?' 'Do with her? I'm going to marry her!' Shotproof, feverproof, 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, yet, at the siege of Badajos, his friends foretell the ruin of his career with the selfsame ardour he so frequently displays in battle, Harry 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