The Cannons of Lucknow

by V. A. Stuart

Overview

Cawnpore is retaken, but they have come too late to stop the slaughter—the relieving British soldiers can only stare at the ill-sited, poorly-defended entrenchment and shake their heads, wondering why. One of only two survivors, Colonel Alex Sheridan is numb. His wife and newborn son lie dead. But now he must join General Havelock's force of barely a thousand men as they fight their way through to the besieged garrison at Lucknow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590132128
Publisher:	McBooks Press
Publication date:	02/01/2003
Series:	Alexander Sheridan Adventures , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	579,673
File size:	522 KB

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.

Editorial Reviews

"The author's command of the smallest detail of the period is impressive. A historical novel of scholarship."  —Yorkshire Post



"Vivid details of scarlet soldiering."  —The Tatler

From the Publisher

Vivid details of scarlet soldiering.

Tatler

The author's command of the smallest detail of the period is impressive. A historical novel of scholarship.

Yorkshire Post

Stuart's saga of Captain Sheridan during the Mutiny stands in the shadow of no previous work of fiction, and for historical accuracy, writing verve and skill, and pace of narrative, stands alone.

El Paso Times