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For Bravery in the Field
For Bravery in the Field
For Bravery in the Field
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Fin and Thomo return to England with the seemingly simple purpose of delivering Sir Robert de Lacy, lately wounded at the battle of Vitoria, and his wife to their Dorset estate, but this is only a deception arranged by the Duke of Wellington commanding the army in Spain for his desire to know whether the new experimental weapon, Congreve’s rockets, has improved sufficiently for deployment with his army that is much in need of artillery.
Fin and Thomo’s investigation will take them to London, where they have to prove their worth to members of the Rocket Brigade, survive the ravages of storms at sea before setting foot on dry land to begin the campaign, under a foreign commander who once served Napoleon, leading to the climactic Battle of Leipzig, where not all of the new troops will live to fight another day…
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Release dateMar 31, 2021
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For Bravery in the Field
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Stuart Fox

Stuart grew up in Rochester, Kent, trained as a teacher at Borough Road College and started his first teaching post in Suffolk in September 1980. He worked in four schools during his teaching career acting in different roles including headteacher, retiring after 37 years. He has a large extended family and his daughters have him busy travelling the country keeping up with all that they are involved in! His love of Napoleonic history started in the days when Airfix made plastic figures and he was taken to the film Waterloo by his dad. Although more of a spectator nowadays, he still loves sport and will often be seen shouting at a TV screen with friends as they tell the players what they should have done!

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