The Heroic Garrison (Paperback)

V.A. Stuart

ISBN 10: 1590130308 / ISBN 13: 9781590130308

Published by Globe Pequot Press, Ithaca, 2003

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Paperback. General Havelock's Moveable Column--a force of barely a thousand men--has fought its way through to the heroic garrison defending the Residency in Lucknow. They must hold firm until the relieving force reaches them. Colonel Alex sheridan volunteers for a dangerous mission, but is captured. He is soon called upon to fight a much more personal war--assassination of the very man who ordered the deaths of his wife and child! In this final volume of Stuart's Sheridan series, General Havelock's Moveable Column has finally fought its way through to the heroic garrison defending the Residency in Lucknow only to be besieged themselves by the 60,000 mutinous sepoys in the city. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Heroic Garrison (Paperback)
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, Ithaca
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590130308
• ISBN 13: 9781590130308
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In this final volume of Stuart's Sheridan series, General Havelock's Moveable Column—a force of barely a thousand men—has finally fought its way through to the heroic garrison defending the Residency in Lucknow, only to be besieged themselves by the 60,000 mutinous sepoys in the city. They must hold firm until the relieving force reaches them. Meanwhile, Colonel Alex Sheridan volunteers for a dangerous mission, but is captured. He is soon called upon to fight a much more personal war: assassination of the very man who ordered the deaths of his wife and child!

About the Author

V. A. Stuart wrote several military fiction series and numerous other novels under various pseudonyms. Her settings span history and the globe, from the Napoleonic Wars of Europe to India under the British Raj. Born in 1914, she was in Burma with the British Fourteenth Army, became a lieutenant, and was decorated with the Burma Star and the Pacific Star.