In the Service of the King: The Letters of William Thornton Keep, at Home, Walcheren, and in the Peninsula, 1808 - 1814

Fletcher, Ian (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1873376790 / ISBN 13: 9781873376799

Published by Spellmount, Staplehurst, England, 1997

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Book and dust jacket are gently used with some minor wear. Bookstore's name and address written on front paste down endpaper. Tightly bound copy with clean interior having no markings, writing, underlining, or highlighting in margins or text block. Inv. # 12526.

Seller Inventory # 012526

Bibliographic Details

• Title: In the Service of the King: The Letters of William Thornton Keep, at Home, Walcheren, and in the Peninsula, 1808 - 1814
• Publisher: Spellmount, Staplehurst, England
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1873376790
• ISBN 13: 9781873376799
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

These are the previously unpublished letters of William Thornton Keep who served with the 77th Regiment at Walcheren and the 28th Regiment in the Peninsula, including graphic accounts of the battle of Maya and St. Pierre where the author was wounded by a ball that entered his mouth, broke his jaw, and lodged in his neck. William Thornton Keep lived to be 92 years old.