Adrian Goldsworthy has a doctorate from Oxford University. His books have sold more than a quarter of a million copies and been translated into more than a dozen languages. A full-time author, he regularly contributes to TV documentaries on Roman themes and has lectured on Roman history in both the UK and USA.
In this Jane Austen-meets-Bernard Cornwell novel, Goldsworthy
brilliantly evokes the reality of life - and death - in the early
19th century British Army
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draws some good contrasts between English Regency society and the
Peninsula War sustaining it
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Take a distinguished historian, a long and bloody war against an
apparently invincible enemy, and you have a good recipe for what
promises to be a classic series
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