Even better than the first!
While Thompson’s first installment in this series, DUDLEY’S FUSILIERS, was an example of first-rate story telling, his sequel, GUNS OF SEVASTOPOL, has proved to be even better. Continuing the story of William Dudley and the soldiers of No. 3 Company, Thompson gives readers a fast-moving and believable account of the final, horrific battles of the Crimean War. Recently commissioned as an ensign from the enlisted ranks in recognition of his courage and quick thinking during the Battle of Inkerman, Dudley is not the swashbuckling superhero so often depicted in military novels but a very commonplace man struggling with the real challenges of leading men into combat.
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