My Bonny Light Horseman — L.A. Meyer

Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War

After fierce battles at sea, a stay in a foul French prison, and a visit to the guillotine, Jacky Faber -- notorious pirate, musician, master of disguise, and street urchin-turned-sailor -- has been forced to take up the role she vowed she would never play: that of a spy.

Captured by her old nemesis British Intelligence, she is placed as a dancer in a Parisian nightclub to ferret out secrets from French officers who frequent that questionable establishment. With both life and virtue hanging in the balance, the spirited Jacky -- a girl who generally sees the best in any situation as long as it promises some measure of fun -- is soon on the road again as she follows Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his Grand Army across France and Germany . . . and into war.