Arturo Pérez-Reverte. The siege, or Chess with death (№ 365976)

Yeah, he should know English - the greedy, arrogant, always ready to find any excuse to cynically violate any Treaty, and to violate oath. It yourself know, what a shameless nation. And nothing changes the fact that due to the changeable conditions of war and political intricacies of England became the ally of Spain, fighting against Napoleon.