Talavera
Griff Hosker
Griff Hosker
Major Matthews is called upon once more to be Sir Arthur Wellesley's aide in the forthcoming Iberian Campaign. Working with the spymaster, Colonel Selkirk, Matthews has to not only find the enemies who wear a different uniform but those who are closer to home and appear to be allies. Set against the backdrop of the battle which gained Sir Arthur the title of Duke of Wellington Talavera gives a no holds barred pictured of a brutal war which gave Napoleon a major setback.
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The Princes' Revolt
Griff Hosker
Griff Hosker
When King Henry makes the momentous decision to crown his eldest son King, even though he is still a youth, he sets in motion a series of events which will tear his empire apart. The Warlord and his son, Earl William, are called upon to not only defend their own land but save the empire for their king. As though things could not get any worse, Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury returns to England and the land is plunged into turmoil and revolt. Culminating in the Battle of Alnwick, 1174, this is a fast moving and action packed novel which fictionalizes the real events of 1169-1174.**
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Redcoat's Rifle
Griff Hosker
Griff Hosker
Book 2 in the Soldier of the Queen Series, by Griff Hosker.The British Army at the end of the nineteenth century was not a fair place. Despite the reforms, a bad officer could still ruin men's lives and Jack Roberts discovers that despite being a hero of Rorke's Drift, that means nothing when a superior has influence. He becomes a soldier serving in the Egyptian campaign where he learns not only new skills but how to deal with the new responsibility fatherhood brings.Throughout it all one thing is constant, he is a soldier of the queen, a redcoat with a rifle.
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