True Soldier Gentlemen

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;b Adrian Goldsworthyx{0026}lt;/b es doctor en Historia y uno de los autores más exitosos. Estudió en el St Johns College de Oxford y ha impartido clases en varias universidades. Entre sus libros, traducidos a más de una docena de idiomas, cabe destacar el x{0026}lt;i bestseller César. La biografía definitiva, La caída del Imperio romano, Antonio y Cleopatra, Augusto, Pax Romana, Filipo y Alejandro/i y la novela histórica x{0026}lt;i Soldados de honor,x{0026}lt;/i todos ellos publicados con gran éxito en La Esfera de los Libros. Dedicado exclusivamente a la escritura, en la actualidad colabora en documentales televisivos sobre temas romanos.x{0026}lt;/p