William G. Simpson

In Code of Honour, Peter Branicki, now a major in Napoleon Bonaparte's Army of Italy, and always in the company of his irascible and brash companion, Regimental Sergeant Major Raoul Aguirre, continues his adventures, fighting against the might of the Austrian Hapsburg Empire in Italy. The defeat of the Austrian white-coats allows a brief respite, but another conflict soon looms as Napoleon prepares to meet Field Marshal W rmser's massive army as it surges out of the Tyrol. But intent on relieving the siege of Mantua, will W rmser break through the French defences and will he succeed in another vital mission; escorting England's Golden Cavalry of St George? Only Peter and Raoul stand in his way.

"A promise, a quest, and loyalty to Napoleon Bonaparte, thrust Peter Branicki headlong into a life of adventure where courage, charisma and luck will shape his destiny." (Raclawice, Poland 1794) When his father is killed fighting for Polish independence, Peter Branicki dedicates his life to the recovery of the Grunwald Sword, a legendary symbol of Polish nationhood. However, forced to flee to England from the mayhem of revolutionary Paris, Peter joins a local cavalry regiment. But when a torrid affair with a senior officer's wife leads to a duel, Peter returns to France where incorrigible rou Sergeant Raoul Aguirre persuades him to join a French chasseur regiment. During a Royalist uprising in Paris, Peter and Raoul save Napoleon Bonaparte's life and the young Corsican general invites them to join him as he takes command of the French Army of Italy. In a stunning campaign, Bonaparte destroys the larger Austrian and Piedmontese armies, while Peter and Raoul are recognized for the capture an Austrian colour. But intent on recovering the Grunwald Sword, Peter joins the Brothers of Dobrzyn, a secret society of Polish patriots who are attempting to create a Polish Legion to fight alongside the French Army against Austria. At the final battle of the campaign, the capture of enemy guns by Peter, Raoul and the embryonic Polish Legion prompts a stunning French victory, and Peter is selected by Bonaparte to present the captured enemy colours at a magnificent spectacle in Paris. However, a romantic liaison threatens his quest for the Grunwald Sword. Can wily Raoul find a solution?

When the head of U.S. intelligence in Europe, Colonel Nathan Steele, visits Berlin in 1914, femme fatale Despina Storch reveals Germany's strategy for war with Britain, France and Russia. Seduced by agent provocateur V ronique Richelieu, Nathan agrees to help the French Douzi me Bureau while visiting the giant Krupp works in Essen. He uncovers details of a new secret weapon, but when Germany suddenly invades neutral Belgium, Nathan's daughter Jodie becomes a refugee. Intent on locating her, the colonel joins a Belgian raiding party operating behind German lines and ambushes gigantic superguns deployed to attack Li ge. The village where Jodie had been staying lies in smoking ruins, so Nathan returns to Brussels where he learns of a possible sighting of Jodie, nursing wounded British troops retreating from Mons. Determined to rescue her and helped by hospital matron, Edith Cavell, Nathan sets up an escape route for his daughter and wounded British Tommies. But can they evade capture? It all rests on the slender shoulders of agent Despina, now the mistress of the German Military governor of Belgium.