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Tango0123 Sep 2016 12:52 p.m. PST

"The year is 1808, and Hamish Williams is a "gentlemen volunteer" in the 106th regiment of foot, a man serving with the ranks but living with the officers, and uncomfortable in both worlds: looked down on by those with the money or influence to buy their rank, and distrusted by the common soldiers who know he is not one of them. But Williams is determined to prove by deeds alone that he is a man worthy of advancement, and when the 106th embarks for Portugal to begin what will become known as the Peninsula War against Napoleon, he knows his chance of glory is at hand. Soon he is receiving a sharp lesson in the realities of war, as the 106th undergoes a bloody baptism at the hands of the French—and he realizes that his single-minded devotion to honor may not, after all, be the quickest route to promotion"
From here
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Anyone have read this book?.
If the answer is yes, comments please?

Thanks in advance for your guidance.

Amicalement
Armand

Jcfrog23 Sep 2016 1:57 p.m. PST

Yes. Excellent, the whole series is wortht. You'd better start from the beginning if you did not.
Written by a wargamer on top of it, imagine!

A good sense of humour.
AFAIK no hollywood heroics or anything I could pinpoint as ridiculous. No one is a super human. A good read, entertaining.

Peter Lowitt23 Sep 2016 7:21 p.m. PST

Ditto to jcfrog's review. Great series

Tango0124 Sep 2016 10:42 a.m. PST

Many thanks boys!.

Amicalement
Armand

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