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Keane's Company
On sale
25th April 2013
Price: £9.99
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Digital (deliver electronic) / ISBN-13: 9781780873633
Meet James Keane: loveable rogue and unlikely hero. ‘Wonderfully imaginative’ Bernard Cornwell, author of The Last Kingdom. Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Bernard Cornwell.
James Keane – card sharp and ladies’ man – is one of the finest soldiers of Wellington’s army. Keane – hot-tempered, a maverick, never quite accepted by his fellow officers – is in trouble for killing his man in a duel: an activity forbidden by Wellington. To avoid court martial, he takes on an unwelcome assignment: to form an ill-assorted bunch of reprobates into an elite unit capable of operating behind the lines. A nineteenth-century Dirty Dozen.
James Keane – card sharp and ladies’ man – is one of the finest soldiers of Wellington’s army. Keane – hot-tempered, a maverick, never quite accepted by his fellow officers – is in trouble for killing his man in a duel: an activity forbidden by Wellington. To avoid court martial, he takes on an unwelcome assignment: to form an ill-assorted bunch of reprobates into an elite unit capable of operating behind the lines. A nineteenth-century Dirty Dozen.
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Reviews
'Very well-researched and paints a detailed picture of Army life at the time…. I found the book hard to put down and would recommend it to all readers' Army Review Service.
'Richard Sharpe would be delighted to have James Keane on his side! Iain Gale's creation is a wonderfully imaginative addition to the fascinating tales of Britain's defiance of Bonaparte' Bernard Cornwell.
'A gripping, engaging, fast-paced and colourful read, full of the grit, grime and camaraderie of the fighting men of the Peninsular War. An absolute must-read for all fans of Bernard Cornwell' Historical Writers' Association.
'This is a must for those who love Sharpe and or the peninsular war. It takes the sort of story a Sharpe fan would love and takes it to the next level.' Parmenion Books.
‘A great character, a fine warscape, a string of edge-of-seat scrapes, plenty of claret - this is why they invented books' Weekend Sport.