la Licorne: The Dorset Boy book 8

Marty has been made Viscount Wellington's Head of Intelligence in Lisbon, Portugal. Caroline, his wife, is busy establishing a power base to support her husband which attracts the envy of her competitors. Hood is getting ready to retire. The lines of Torres Vedras have to be protected and the French kept away from Lisbon to give Wellington time to prepare his army for the big push to kick Soult and Napoleon off the Peninsula. Suspense, Action and Adventure, revenge this episode has it all and Caroline gets in on the act with a duel.