Dust and Steel [electronic resource]
Mercer, Patrick2010
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Thrilling military history from the author of To Do and Die. Perfect for fans of Andy McNabb and Richard Sharpe. As the ship docked in Bombay, the shocking news of the rising by the Indian mutineers and their massacre of women, children and civilians reached Anthony Morgan and his company. Even so, they were hardly prepared for what they now faced in this country, so unknown to them, where they found it hard to understand who was friend or foe among the native troops. Morgan himself has another quest. On discovering that the son he had fathered, his child's mother and her husband, Morgan's old sergeant, are captives up in the hills where the enterprising Rhani of Jansi is building up her force against old comers, he is determined to find a way to rescue them and lead them to safety. A gripping tale of one of the great challenges to the Victorian Empire, and the difficult dilemmas of a soldier torn between orders and honor.
Main title:
Dust and Steel [electronic resource] / Patrick Mercer
Author:
Mercer, Patrick, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Anthony Morgan
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Born in 1956, Patrick Mercer read History at Oxford University before joining the Army. He commanded his battalion in Bosnia and Canada. Previously receiving a gallantry commendation, he was awarded the OBE in 1997. A respected historian, he has already published a non-fiction account of the Inkerman battle during the Crimean War.
ISBN:
9780007352258
Language:
English
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BRN:
2755468
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