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Focusing on the artillery used during the Napoleonic Wars, this book explores the pivotal role of Wellington's guns and their operators in shaping battlefield outcomes. It delves into the technology, tactics, and training of the gunners, highlighting their contributions to military strategy. The narrative combines historical analysis with personal accounts, offering insights into the experiences of those who manned the artillery. Richly illustrated, the book captures both the machinery of war and the human stories behind it, providing a comprehensive view of this crucial aspect of military history.

This volume presents a faithful reprint of the original 1879 edition, detailing the history of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. It offers insights into the regiment's development, operations, and significance within military history, making it a valuable resource for enthusiasts and scholars alike. The book captures the essence of its time while preserving the rich legacy of the artillery forces.

Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine is back in another classic mystery from the author of Murder for ChristmasMordecai Tremaine's hobby of choice - crime detection - has left him in need of a holiday. With a killer stalking the sand dunes, it falls to Mordecai to piece together the truth about just who has smuggled murder on to the island idyll...

Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine is back in another classic mystery from the author of Murder for ChristmasMordecai Tremaine and Chief Inspector Jonathan Boyce are never pleased to have a promising game of chess interrupted - though when murder is the disrupting force, they are persuaded to make an exception.

Vintage Heroes & Villains: A lineup of literature's most dastardly, devilish and daring characters

Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine is back in another classic mystery from the author of Murder for Christmas Adrian Carthallow, enfant terrible of the art world, is no stranger to controversy. But this time it’s not his paintings that have provoked a blaze of publicity – it’s the fact that his career has been suddenly terminated by a bullet to the head. Not only that, but his wife has confessed to firing the fatal shot. Inspector Penross of the town constabulary is, however, less than convinced by Helen Carthallow’s story – but has no other explanation for the incident that occurred when the couple were alone in their clifftop house. Luckily for the Inspector, amateur criminologist Mordecai Tremaine has an uncanny habit of being in the near neighbourhood whenever sudden death makes its appearance. Investigating the killing, Tremaine is quick to realise that however handsome a couple the Carthallows were, and however extravagant a life they led, beneath the surface there’s a pretty devil’s brew…