True soldier gentlemen. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adrian Goldsworthy.
• Authors: Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith
• Contents: 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 realises that his single-minded devotion to honour may not, after all, be the quickest route to promotion.
• Publisher Details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 pages)
• Subjects: 823.92; FICTION / War & Military; Military campaigns; Soldiers; Soldiers -- England -- Fiction; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Fiction; England; Historical fiction; Fiction; Historical fiction; Historical fiction; Historical fiction
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780297860372; 0297860372
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.