ASIN: B078869SKZ
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 281
1745 and Europe is at war. Great armies march across the continent but for Great Britain and her allies there is only defeat. Even as the Austrian Netherlands slowly fall under the occupation of the victorious French there is talk again of a Jacobite rising, a resurgence of the old Stuart cause and bloody rebellion amongst the heather. William Moore, young and naïve, taken suddenly from his genteel upbringing and expensive schooling, finds himself thrust unwillingly into the conflict. As a Gentleman Volunteer he is expected to serve honourably with the rank and file until rewarded a commission for bravery or competence. But being a soldier doesn’t come naturally; immature and inept he gradually finds himself ostracised and despised by both the officers and the redcoats campaigning alongside him. Fighting during the upheaval of the War of the Austrian Succession and the 'Jacobite '45 ...
