The King's Scarlet

by John M. Danielski

Overview

Chivalry comes naturally to Royal Marine captain Thomas Pennywhistle, but in the savage Peninsular War, it's a luxury he can ill afford. Trapped behind enemy lines with vital dispatches for Lord Wellington, Pennywhistle violates orders when he saves a beautiful stranger, setting off a sequence of events that jeopardize his mission. The French launch a massive manhunt to capture him. His Spanish allies prove less than reliable. The woman he rescued has an agenda of her own that might help him along, if it doesn't get them all killed.
A time will come when, outmaneuvered, captured, and stripped of everything, he must stand alone before his enemies. But Pennywhistle is a hard man to kill and too bloody obstinate to concede defeat.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158098536
Publisher:	Penmore Press LLC
Publication date:	05/06/2016
Series:	The Captain Pennywhistle Series , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	322
Sales rank:	906,007
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

John Danielski believes you learn best by doing and actually carried out many of the ordinary tasks Tom Pennywhistle performs in The King’s Scarlet. He worked his way through university as a living history interpreter at historic Fort Snelling, the birthplace of Minnesota. For four summers, he played a US soldier of 1827; he wore the uniform, performed the drills, demonstrated the volley fire with other interpreters, and even ate the food. A heavy blue wool tailcoat and black shako look smart and snappy but are pure torture to wear on a boiling summer day.

Editorial Reviews

The King's Scarlet is an adventure novel in the finest tradition of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels. John Danielski takes his readers to 1812 Spain in the company of some remarkable characters, first among them being Captain Tom Pennywhistle of the Royal Marines, who is a rational, secular professional, an honourable gentleman, but one not above occasional acts of ruthlessness. One finds gallant but inept Spanish militia, dashing but cruel French Hussars, and the, of course, the capable profess

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