The Snare

The Snare
A Story of the Napoleonic Wars

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The Snare by Rafael Sabatini

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1917

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215

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The Snare
A Story of the Napoleonic Wars

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3.5
(2 Reviews)
It is a story in which fact and fiction are delightfully blended and one that is entertaining in high degree from first to last.

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chafing at his inactivity of the past few months, so that a member of the Cabinet wrote to him exasperatedly, incredibly and fatuously -- "for God's sake do something -- anything so that blood be spilt."

A heart less stout might have been broken, a genius less mighty stifled in this evil tangle of stupidity, incompetence and malignity that sprang up and flourished about him can every hand. A man less single-minded must have succumbed to exasperation, thrown up his command and taken ship for home, inviting some of his innumerable critics to take his place at the head of the troops, and give free rein to the military genius that inspired their critical dissertations. Wellington, however, has been rightly termed of iron, and never did he show himself more of iron than in those trying days of 1810. Stern, but with a passionless sternness, he pursued his way towards the goal he had set himself, allowing no criticism, no censure, no invective so much as to give him pause in his majestic progress.

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Sabatini is a prolific author and an excellent writer, though not many of his books are overly romantic and lacking in realism. Of the several I've read, The Snare strikes me as the best, though it also has a shade of a fairy-tale ending.

Exciting throughout with a wonderful heroine and one or two fine heroes, it takes place during the Peninsular Campaign, with Wellington making a meaningful appearance.

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Brilliant! Reads like a three-act play. Marvelous twists and turns with a superb ending that ties everything up nicely. Well worth your time.