The Adventurers Author:Jane Aiken Hodge As Napoleon's army retreats through Germany, a group of stragglers plunders the von Hugel estate, leaving Sonia von Hugel apparently alone in the castle. Her father has been killed, her governess wounded, all seems lost. But then there appears a mysterious stranger called Charles Vincent, who leads Sonia and her wounded friend into safety, and f... more »rom there into further adventure.« less