Covers September 1809 - January 1813. At the beginning of this period, Roger Brook is in Lisbon and has fallen for the lovely Lady Mary Ware. Duty forces him back to France and then on with Napoleon in his campaign to conquer Russia. It was in the latter months of 1812 as the French forces were fleeing the Russian winter that he is reunited with the Lady and the two face a horrible ordeal trying to get home.