Shannon's Brigade

Plot

'This meticulously recorded adventure is a worthy successor to the Captain Horatio Hornblower series, and makes no bones about it.' - PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY. Part seven of an eight-part series. Closely based on historical fact, this novel tells an exciting and vivid story of the part played by the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines in the Indian Mutiny...War is raging in China and, from India, comes alarming news of a sepoy mutiny which threatens thousands of British lives in the Bengal Presidency. Two of Commander Phillip Hazard's sisters are in India's Upper Provinces and, anxious for their safety, he joins HMS SHANNON - bound for Calcutta - as a volunteer.