SOLDIER, SAILORArcher is lost but Darius and a handful of others survive, shipwrecked on the hostile shores of Saint Domingue. It seems they are the lucky few until they are captured by General Rigaud and find themselves caught up in the War of Knives. This is a bloody affair between the free coloureds and black slaves who fight for supremacy and, for the remaining Archers, is likely to finish what the sea failed to do. Darius must overcome overwhelming odds if he is to survive this brutal conflict and his only real hope is to escape back to sea, but that has dangers of its own which threatens to end his life.In India Seringapatam is taken and the Tippoo is defeated but that doesn’t mean it is the end of the war. The bandit, Dhondia Wagh, has gathered an immense army and is threatening the peace of Mysore, and Colonel Wellesley needs to defeat him if British rule is to be maintained. The problem is chasing Wagh down and bringing him to battle where his overwhelming superiority in numbers can be contained. Xerxes, who remained behind when the 33rd returned to England, is sent to infiltrate the bandit’s camp, a mission which holds even more dangers than breaking into Seringapatam.The series, Duty, Glory and Honour, follows the ever changing lives of Xerxes and Darius as they grow towards manhood, a soldier and a sailor, fighting for survival in a time of far reaching conflict, and is Sharpe, Aubrey and Hornblower all rolled into one.
Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical
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