The Bravest of the Brave — Or, with Peterborough in Spain
1886
The Bravest of the Brave — Or, with Peterborough in Spain
1886
When Jack Stilwell is wrongfully pressed into military service, he finds himself thrust into one of the most audacious campaigns of the War of the Spanish Succession. Serving under the legendary (some say mad) Earl of Peterborough, young Jack must navigate the brutal realities of eighteenth-century warfare while wrestling with questions of honor, class, and what it truly means to be brave. Back in Southampton, the Mayor Richard Anthony forbids his daughter Alice from marrying her cousin Jack, the son of a disinherited clergyman, setting up a personal stakes battle that mirrors the larger conflict raging across Spain. Peterborough's lightning campaigns, his daring marches, and his refusal to follow conventional military wisdom provide the historical backdrop for Jack's transformation from reluctant soldier to proven hero. Henty's rousing adventure captures the chaos and glory of 1705, when a small English force marched across Spain to capture Barcelona, and asks what courage actually costs.
