El Carnicero

El Carnicero
Authors
Buhlert, Cora
Publisher
Pegasus Pulp Publishing
Tags
cora buhlert , execution , 19th century , historical romance , spain , napoleonic , garrotte , peninsular war , historical fiction , novelette , war
Date
2011-08-31T21:10:29+00:00
Size
0.25 MB
Lang
en
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Captain Jonathan Farnsworth of the Rifle Brigade,

fighting under Wellington in Peninsular Wars, only wanted to meet with some of

allies and spend a few stolen hours with Comandante Teresa, rebel leader and

the woman he loved. But instead Jonathan stepped into a scene of pure horror,

when he found the village burning and its people slaughtered.

His beloved Teresa was not among the dead. But, as Jonathan learned from

the sole survivor, she had been captured by the Napoleon's troops. Now Teresa

was the prisoner of the notorious French colonel known only as El Carnicero,

the butcher. And she was sentenced to be garrotted as a rebel…