In 1847 in Mexico, Lance Corporal Jason Jeremiah James of the 4th Kansas rifles fought at Chapultepee. on the parapet of that great fortress, James saw something that haunted him for fifteen years. In 1862, James is colonel of the 4th Regiment of La Legion etrangere --France's fabled Foreign Legion--and is again stationed in Mexico. Educated in Paris, the lovely New Englander Sarah Kent Anderson has arrived in Mexico to look after her dead brother's silver mines. Although she is a girlhood friend of Empress Carlota of Mexico, Sarah quietly supports the republican president, Juarez. Her growing attraction toward Jason James only furthers her confusion. As Sarah Anderson struggles to choose between her sympathy for Juarez and her love for the new emperor and empress, Jason James must not only come to grips with his torn loyalties and the woman he loves, he must stand again at Chapultepee and face the demons of his youth. Much like Gone with the Wind , this book offers a love story set against the backdrop of a turbulent time."-- Santa Fe New Mexican "I could count on the fingers of one hand the popular writers who can accurately describe the movement of regimens in a battle scene and then with equal skill plumb the depths of a woman's heart."-- San Jose Mercury News "Epic in scope and grandeur, Zollinger's sweeping saga encompasses a passionate romance and outlines Mexico's successful bid for independence from European powers....Superb historical fiction that both informs and entertains."- -Booklist Norman Zollinger of Albuquerque, New Mexico, recipient of the Owen Wister Award from Western Writers of America for lifelong contributions to Western literature, is author of such Forge novels as Not of War Only, Chapultepec, and Meridian. Used Book in Good Condition