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The Maharajah's General

East India Company in India, 1855

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The Maharajah's General

By: Paul Fraser Collard
Narrated by: Dudley Hinton
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Summary

 In The Maharajah's General by Paul Fraser Collard Jack Lark returns to the battlefield under a new name to face greater adventures in a brutal land. A must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Simon Scarrow. 'Collard ... evokes the horror of that era with great brio. Enthralling' The Times

Jack Lark barely survived the Battle of the Alma. As the brutal fight raged, he discovered the true duty that came with the officer's commission he'd taken. In hospital, wounded, and with his stolen life left lying on the battlefield, he grasps a chance to prove himself a leader once more. Poor Captain Danbury is dead, but Jack will travel to his new regiment in India, under his name.

Jack soon finds more enemies, but this time they're on his own side. Exposed as a fraud, he's rescued by the chaplain's beautiful daughter, who has her own reasons to escape. They seek desperate refuge with the Maharajah of Sawadh, the charismatic leader whom the British Army must subdue. He sees Jack as a curiosity, but recognises a fellow military mind. In return for his safety, Jack must train the very army the British may soon have to fight...

(P)2013 Headline Digital©2013 Paul Fraser Collard Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Military
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Critic reviews

Page-turning adventure, a hero with issues yet who's likable, and antagonists you will love to hate... It was hard to put down and a real pleasure to read. If you enjoy books by Bernard Cornwell, you'll want to put this book on your reading list
The story is tightly planned and written, the characters three-dimensional and appropriately sympathetic or hateful, and the language and turn of phrase thoroughly engrossing... Quite simply do yourself a favour and read these books
The story is well written with some very comprehensive descriptions of both people and their surroundings. In each of the actions the pace is dynamic and brutally described making it one of those books where there is always the tendency to just read one more chapter before putting it down for a while. Well worth reading
It's not since I first picked up Sharpe's Eagle that a single character captured my imagination so totally, this supported by a fast fluid pace of writing, and a vivid portrayal of the Indian country, people, time period, the east India company and as usual the brutal, uncompromising and occasionally morally bankrupt officer corps coupled with the efficiency of the ordinary men of the British army, all this condensed into 336 pages of explosive action, violent emotions, uncompromising unbending discipline and a man with the courage to do what is right
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Loved the first book was gutted when I found there was nothing to follow until july 2016

Great book

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With admirable attention to histrical detail whilst using his tried and tested impersonation back story the whole thing was thoroughly enjoyable. Looks like I'm hooked on the series

Surprising gripping

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would, just about

If you’ve listened to books by Paul Fraser Collard before, how does this one compare?

Really enjoyed the first book but this isn't as good, or as original. Part Zulu, part Mills and Boon I think the author could have done better with the storyline. The fight scenes are very well-written but the constant enforcing the of view that all British officers were stupid and/or cowards became rather tedious in the end. I'll buy the next book to see where he takes us but hoping for an effort more like the first adventure.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Performance was good, not sure about all the accents but it's not easy

Decent listen

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almost a thriller I felt so tense. excellent story strong characters as our demi-hero embarks on another deception but this time is found out early, strange to say I like his honesty, and human emotions are well explained to situation like social-psychology

tense

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Wouldn’t bother. Not terrible but nothing to rave about. Epilogue of the last 6 minutes was my favourite.

Underwhelming

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