Second in the series begun by TRUE SOLDIER GENTLEMEN, the story takes our heroes through the winter snows as Sir John Moore is forced to retreat to Corunna. Faced with appalling weather, and pursued by an overwhelming French army led by Napoleon himself, the very survival of Britain's army is at stake. But while the 106th Foot fights a desperate rearguard action, for the newly promoted Hamish Williams, the retreat turns into an unexpectedly personal drama. Separated from the rest of the army in the initial chaos, he chances ...
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Second in the series begun by TRUE SOLDIER GENTLEMEN, the story takes our heroes through the winter snows as Sir John Moore is forced to retreat to Corunna. Faced with appalling weather, and pursued by an overwhelming French army led by Napoleon himself, the very survival of Britain's army is at stake. But while the 106th Foot fights a desperate rearguard action, for the newly promoted Hamish Williams, the retreat turns into an unexpectedly personal drama. Separated from the rest of the army in the initial chaos, he chances upon another fugitive, Jane MacAndrews, the daughter of his commanding officer, and the woman he is desperately and hopelessly in love with. As the pair battle the elements and the pursuing French, picking up a rag-tag band of fellow stragglers along the way - as well as an abandoned newborn - the strict boundaries of their social relationship are tested to the limit, with surprising results. But Williams soon finds he must do more than simply evade capture and deliver Jane safe and sound to her father. A specially tasked unit of French cavalry is threatening to turn the retreat into a massacre, and Williams and his little band are the only thing standing between them and their goal.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hardcover. Black cloth with gilt titles. 325 pages. Very good with head/tail of spine bumped and pages toned, in a very good dust jacket with light edge wear. Mylar cover on jacket. The second novel in a series following the fortunes of a group of British soldiers in the fight against Napoleon.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0297860380. SIGNED (Not personalized) and Dated. FIRST UK EDITION; Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dust Jacket, small shallow bump to the DJ at the foot of the spine, else Fine.; 162 X 29 X 240 millimeters; 336 pages; Signed by Author.