Beat the Drums Slowly
$36.26
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
12 November 2012
Summary
Second in the series begun by TRUE SOLDIER GENTLEMEN, the story takes our heroes through the winter snows as Sir John Moore is forced to retreat to Corunna. Faced with appalling weather and pursued by an overwhelming French army led by Napoleon himself, the very survival of Britain’s army is at stake.
But while the 106th Foot fights a desperate rearguard action, for the newly promoted Hamish Williams, the retreat turns into an unexpectedly personal drama. Separated from the rest of th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780224947 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178022494X |
| Author: | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 12 November 2012 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
| Series: | The Napoleonic Wars |
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‘A superb achievement’– LITERARY REVIEW
‘A superb achievement’–LITERARY REVIEW‘Compelling’–FINANCIAL TIMES‘Goldsworthy is a fine military historian…exemplary’–INDEPENDENT‘Goldsworthy tells this story with great skill and narrative force’–WALL STREET JOURNAL
About The Author
Adrian Goldsworthy
Adrian Goldsworthy has a doctorate from Oxford University. His first book, THE ROMAN ARMY AT WAR was recognised by John Keegan as an exceptionally impressive work, original in treatment and impressive in style. He has gone on to write several other books, including THE FALL OF THE WEST, CAESAR, IN THE NAME OF ROME, CANNAE and ROMAN WARFARE, which 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.
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