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Keane's Company
Captain James Keane (Related to this series)
- Author
- Iain Gale
- Narrator
- David Timson, David Timson
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 6 March 2014
- Run Time
- 10 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Keane - hot-tempered, a maverick, never quite accepted by his fellow officers - is in trouble for killing his man in a duel: an activity forbidden by Wellington. To avoid court martial, he takes on an unwelcome assignment: to form an ill-assorted bunch of reprobates into an elite unit capable of operating behind the lines. A nineteenth-century Dirty Dozen.
Keane's Company is the first novel featuring James Keane and his band, whose adventures will continue in a series following the Peninsular War.
(P)2014 WF Howes Ltd
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Details
- Author
- Iain Gale
- Narrator
- David Timson, David Timson
- Duration
- 10 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 March 2014
- ISBN
- 9781848668058
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Historical adventure fiction
Synopsis
Welcome to James Keane - card sharp and ladies' man - and one of the finest soldiers of Wellington's army. Keane - hot-tempered, a maverick, never quite accepted by his fellow officers - is in trouble for killing his man in a duel: an activity forbidden by Wellington. To avoid court martial, he takes on an unwelcome assignment: to form an ill-assorted bunch of reprobates into an elite unit capable of operating behind the lines. A nineteenth-century Dirty Dozen. Keane's Company is the first novel featuring James Keane and his band, whose adventures will continue in a series following the Peninsular War.(P)2014 WF Howes Ltd
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