Buy this book on-line MARSTON**, EDWARD: : DRUMS of WAR.**LONDON.ALLISON & BUSBY LIMITED,2008. ISBN 9780749079765.
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inscptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,colour pictorial,wrap-around artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine -no dog-ear creaes to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,12-310pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title+ title pages,author note,publisher advert and 10pp blanks at rear.
Dashing career soldier and ladies' man, Captain Daniel Rawson is always up for an adventure.So when the Duke of Marlborough proposes a dangerous undercover mission,Rawson happily accepts.One of their spies,a Dutch tapestry-maker based at the court of Louis XIV,the Sun King,has gone missing and Daniel is instructed to find out what has happened to the man.Rawson journeys to France in disguise,and is delighted to find a lovely distraction in the form of the tapestry-maker's beautiful daughter.
Unaware of her father's espionage role,Amalia is fearful for her safety and further distressed by the sinister stranger she's noticed watching the house.
It's up to Daniel to find her father and put Amalia's mind at rest.
Meanwhile, back in camp,Rawson's stalwart Sergeant Welbeck is left with complications of his own.His wide-eyed nephew has joined the army as a drummer boy in pursuit of honour and glory. Welbeck would like nothing more than to ignore this eager young boy,but circumstances are conspiring to make this impossible.
Furthermore,as opportunities to prove his victory at Blenheim more than a fluke are now becoming scarce,the Duke himself is also coming under fire,while the Dutch are increasingly loath to play their part in such a costly war, making demands that are costing the British vital victories.
With daring exploits and all the drama of the battle of Ramillies,the second in the Captain Rawson series is a worthy follow-up to the explosive success of 'Soldier of Fortune'.
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2nd novel in the Captain Rawson series, featuring Captain Daniel Rawson,soldier and spy,set around the period of the War of the Spanish Succession:
Dashing career soldier and ladies' man,Captain Daniel Rawson is always up for an adventure.So when the Duke of Marlborough proposes a dangerous undercover mission,Rawson happily accepts.One of their spies,a Dutch tapestry-maker based at the court of Louis XIV,the Sun King,has gone missing and Daniel is instructed to find out what has happened to the man.Rawson journeys to France in disguise,and is delighted to find a lovely distraction in the form of the tapestry-maker's beautiful daughter.
Unaware of her father's espionage role, Amalia is fearful for her safety and further distressed by the sinister stranger she's noticed watching the house. It's up to Daniel to find her father and put Amalia's mind at rest.
Meanwhile,back in camp,Rawson's stalwart Sergeant Welbeck is left with complications of his own.His wide-eyed nephew has joined the army as a drummer boy in pursuit of honour and glory. Welbeck would like nothing more than to ignore this eager young boy,but circumstances are conspiring to make this impossible.
Furthermore,as opportunities to prove his victory at Blenheim more than a fluke are now becoming scarce,the Duke himself is also coming under fire,while the Dutch are increasingly loath to play their part in such a costly war, making demands that are costing the British vital victories.
With daring exploits and all the drama of the battle of Ramillies,the second in the Captain Rawson series is a worthy follow-up to the explosive success of 'Soldier of Fortune'.
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