Jack Steel Adventure Series Books 1-3: Man of Honour, Rules of War, Brothers in Arms
Iain Gale
Charismatic hero Jack Steel’s perilous adventures are for the first time available in one place.Meet Lieutenant Jack Steel – gentleman, soldier, hero.Upper Bavaria, 1704. The British army, triumphant, fresh from victory, stands proudly to attention, ready to fight for honour and glory. Their enemy is Louis XIV of France, a megalomaniac intent on possessing all Europe.Among this proud group of men stands Lieutenant Jack Steel, admired by his men, the finest infantry in Queen Anne's army. Much praised for his courage, his strength, and his loyalty, Steel has come to the attention of his Commander in Chief, the Duke of Marlborough.
IAIN GALE
JACK STEEL ADVENTURE SERIES BOOKS 1-3:
Man of Honour, Rules of War, Brothers in Arms
Contents
Cover (#u85754b0b-c562-515a-beab-609ca6bbcff0)
Title Page (#u730668e9-8624-5d9f-b79d-fb5219c1eb4a)
Man of Honour (#u8467a1ad-3bd8-5c90-9784-164660fb3268)
Rules of War (#u0f5d507c-ef4b-55b7-a35d-3bd9158e630d)
Brothers in Arms (#u5c8de1fc-06fb-5648-ab97-80ae223e9170)
Keep Reading (#ud0545772-6978-53e7-8875-83d9a2fc2d05)
About the Author (#u9c539695-a53b-5a6b-ad25-9ec091729fac)
Also by Iain Gale (#u4443de06-69ab-5ec9-81c7-d0203133829b)
Copyright (#u12107247-6753-5285-8151-942a3ea3f3fe)
About the Publisher (#u9cbb5817-217c-5eec-9e6f-863f38809c0c)
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IAIN GALE
Man of Honour
Jack Steel and the Blenheim Campaign,July to August 1704
Dedication (#ulink_5620d961-35c5-521f-b685-4e0399abaa0f)
For Sarah
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Contents
Cover (#u8467a1ad-3bd8-5c90-9784-164660fb3268)
Title Page (#u3ef51db9-02ba-5775-a996-8e019365d828)
Dedication (#u537733ad-dde7-5f5d-a967-a5fc945167cc)
Map (#uc70f0d37-8c2b-5225-84de-93a616e9256b)
Prologue (#u62e748fe-7c0e-5ac4-b412-eb68f45a2fac)
Chapter One (#ud4d66718-7075-5c2d-8e0d-485156f5c221)
Chapter Two (#u5ca96c09-2ce0-5da4-9c39-78a13df89485)
Chapter Three (#uc039018c-e6a2-53ae-970e-d249c4f9b684)
Chapter Four (#ud67854f3-9866-50e8-b72d-6ef66bf94c70)
Chapter Five (#ue8069f98-ef70-58ba-905a-bf2f8099f490)
Chapter Six (#ua412d6af-64bd-5a13-b267-361bf0e4141c)
Chapter Seven (#ue216de16-0fea-5037-8ae7-163322b744ad)
Chapter Eight (#udd85c774-5b82-52f7-9dd1-a2ce04331b6a)
Chapter Nine (#u77dd7011-9918-522a-ac47-6755aebb3c83)
Chapter Ten (#u7e0da659-64c9-5813-bb58-5c5e2693dd76)
Chapter Eleven (#u7ce954f1-21cc-5d26-bb70-31ac63285fa7)
Epilogue (#u6a409c6f-f06b-5ce0-86ad-50bfd1564165)
Historical Note (#u7252f0fd-8aa1-5baa-a029-e37091b207c5)
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PROLOGUE (#ulink_48005059-fe9b-51d6-b442-cf8161170e8c)
Upper Bavaria, July 1704
They had come here by stealth to carry the war deep into the south. An army of many nations: English and Scots, Hanoverians and Prussians, Hessians, Danes and Dutch. They had but one purpose: the defeat of France and her ally, Bavaria. The French King, Louis XIV, they knew to be a power-mad maniac, styling himself the Sun King. It was clear that he would not be content until he possessed all Europe, from Spain to Poland. And so it was, on this sultry day in early July, as afternoon drifted into evening, that fate brought these many thousands of men to Donauwörth, a little Bavarian town with its ancient high walls and ramparts.
Above it, at the top of a steep slope, stood a fort whose hill, inspired by its distinctive shape, the local people had long ago christened ‘Schellenberg’ – The Hill of the Bell. It was abundantly and worryingly clear to all the soldiers who now stood in its shadow, that before any decisive victory could be won, before they could bring the French to battle, drive them back to Paris and remove forever the Sun King’s threat, that this hill and its little fort would have to be taken.
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