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A Close Run Thing

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Duration
14H 26min
Language
English
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Fiction

It's 1814, and Napoleon is hard-pressed to defend France from a combination of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Britain. Nor is he the only one in a quandary. Matthew Hervey, a young British cornet, is in a rather unusual situation. As far as he knows, it's highly irregular to be arrested on a battlefield after a successful action. Still, it's hardly the first time politics has interrupted war, and as Hervey's career progresses, he increasingly balances both, sometimes more successfully than others!

© 2017 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiobook): 9781510094888

Release date

Audiobook: 9 November 2017

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