RED RUNS THE HELMAND: A Captivating Victorian Military Fiction Novel of Family Rivalry and War - Softcover

Mercer, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007302770 ISBN 13: 9780007302772

Publisher: HarperFiction, 2012

Synopsis

A gripping adventure in which Mercer brilliantly brings to life the story of soldiers in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

Anthony Morgan, now just appointed as general, has two of his sons, one his legitimate heir, one his bastard, both fighting in the ranks.

Morgan has arrived just as one of the rival princelings has begun to control Herat, and is determined to carve out some power for himself, and so embarks upon marching to Kandahar, determined to remove the British governor and take the city and province as his own kingdom.

Morgan's life is not made easier by problems with the other generals and in particular his own difficulties in dealing with the growing rivalry between his two sons.

About this title

About the Author

Born in 1956, Patrick Mercer read History at Oxford University before joining the Army. He commanded his battalion in Bosnia and Canada. Previously receiving a gallantry commendation, he was awarded the OBE in 1997. A respected historian, he has already published a non-fiction account of the Inkerman battle during the Crimean War.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperFiction
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007302770
• ISBN 13: 9780007302772
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384