Fire Over the Rock

“ This book does a wonderful job in describing a portion of [the Rock of Gibraltar’s] history during the Napoleonic Wars” ( The Past in Review ). The great siege of Gibraltar was the longest recorded in the annals of the British army. Between 1779 and 1783, a small British force defended the Rock against the Spanish and the French who were determined take this strategically vital point guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean. The tenacity and endurance shown by the attackers and defenders ali