True Soldier Gentlemen (Napoleonic War 1) (39 page)

True Soldier Gentlemen
is the first in a series of novels, intended to follow the characters through the years of war with France. Much lies ahead of them. There will be more battles in Portugal and Spain, some in Canada, and in the long run they will end up on the ridge at Waterloo. Ahead of our characters lie adventure, romance, plenty of battles and powder smoke and – this being Wellington’s army – no doubt a fair amount of amateur dramatics.

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First published in Great Britain in
2011 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson

This ebook first published in 2011 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson

© Adrian Goldsworthy 2011

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ISBN: 978 0 297 86037 2

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