The Wessex Turncoat
by Michael E Wills
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Pub Date 1 Jan 2014 | Archive Date 8 Mar 2023
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Description
Aaron Mew is a seventeen year-old apprentice blacksmith living in a small Hampshire village, in the late eighteenth century. His life is simple yet secure, until the day when he volunteers to take the place of his father on an errand for the squire. The country boy is wrenched from the environment in which he grew up and thrust into a world of ruffians, drunks, criminals and disgraced professionals – the army of George III. An army desperately short of men, but with the huge ambition to quell the rebellion in America and to retain the country under British rule.
After relentless training, Aaron’s regiment, the 62nd Regiment of Foot, is posted to Canada. There, fighting side by side with Indian braves and German allies, the boy soldier becomes a hardened warrior.
'The Wessex Turncoat' tells the story, based on fact, of a doomed army and a regiment which is decimated, mainly because of the vanity and intransigence of an English general.
Advance Praise
March 6,2019, Review of the Wessex Turncoat by Julia
Oh boy. Just finished THE WESSEX TURNCOAT . I admire how you are able to interweave the forensic military details with the everyday life experiences. You brought alive so vividly and sometimes heartbreakingly what life was like for those 1000s of redcoats . Although I knew about the battles, I hadn’t understood before just how much they suffered OFF the battlefields too. Many many thanks and congratulations . Julia
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781781322400 |
| PRICE | US$2.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 282 |
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Featured Reviews
Robin W, Reviewer
A personification of history. Aaron is a young man, a good kid, who when he travels alone to a nearby city is treated to a very rough deal, changing his life. He is basically shanghaied into the British army and put on a boat to fight in Canada and America during the revolutionary war. Very detailed historical tale yet told from Aaron's personal view, making it easy to understand and envision. Men and women readers alike have to love this kid. You easily become attached and want only the best for him, although he has a rough life and it's rarely easy for him. From a British perspective, but fair to both sides. Interesting ending makes you want to know more. Good long read. 99.9% clean read.
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