The Generals Quotes

“Talleyrand smiled. ‘It seems that the English are preparing to fight to the last Austrian.”
― Simon Scarrow, The Generals

“That was the real triumph of the revolution, Napoleon thought with a slight nod. A man might rise as high as any on the basis of merit alone, and not because of some accident of birth. That was why France would win, in the end. For what nation could hope to stand against a nation of men free to pursue their ambitions?”
― Simon Scarrow, The Generals (Wellington and Napoleon 2)

“You speak the language far better than”
― Simon Scarrow, The Generals