A Matter for the Regiment James Oglivie Book 13 edition by Philip McCutchan Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Captain James Ogilvie led B Company of the Queen’s Own Royal Strathspeys, the 114th Highlanders, through the thronged streets of London.
It was the diamond jubilee of the Queen Empress, and a day he would always remember with pride, as his company represented the British Army in India.
But away on the North West Frontier trouble did not pause for the celebrations of the Raj.
The Rajah of Drosh had rebelled, battalion losses were heavy, and Ogilvie was going to have to return to India with a larger than usual draft of raw recruits from the regimental depot at Invermore.
Among these was a gentleman ranker, a fugitive from the Guards, who was to find his craving for active service brutally and plentifully fulfilled up the Chitral River and in the sniper fire of the passes between Peshawar and Drosh.
Back in cantonments Ogilvie discovers his commanding officer has more on his mind than battalion losses, grievous though they have been.
His second in command, the irascible, intemperate Major Lord Brora has gone absent without leave and has been reported consorting with the rebel Rajah.
Calcutta is reluctant to disown Brora until a lot more is known. That he is a notorious womaniser and the Rajah of Drosh makes a profitable living from the female slave trade is not an encouraging conjunction of facts.
To discover more Ogilvie is seconded once again to the Political Service and sent in Afghan disguise into the terrorised walled town of Drosh, while the regiment also marches towards the town but with horrendous consequences.
Praise for Philip McCutchan
"His character conflicts are well organised." — Daily Telegraph
"A most exciting successor to his first novel — and it is just as rugged." — The Times, Hamilton, New Zealand
“Hurtling plot, quick dialogue ...” Kirkus
“Written in the best tradition of Henty, Haggard, and Kipling.” Library Journal
“[McCutchan] vividly captures the mingled glory and brutality of colonial life, his characterization is convincing ... and his fighting scenes, particularly the full-scale engagement that climaxes this story, are exciting.” Publishers Weekly
Philip McCutchan (1920-1996) grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime’s interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest resulting in several fiction books, from amongst his large output, about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years.
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A Matter for the Regiment James Oglivie Book 13 edition by Philip McCutchan Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
This was a good story that gave me a laugh or too. Now I know this is a story of warfare, but you can't help laugh at the antics of the men, who are supposed to be in charge. It sometimes has to make you wonder how some people get to have command over men's lives. Fiction yes, but fiction sometime mirrors fact. The generals are like most generals wanting things to be their way right or wrong. If you like stories that have adventure in them give this one a shot.
Rather formulaic.
Interesting look at what it might have been like in India during British occupation. History is fairly accurate.
A fun read about the British Army on the Northwest Frontier at the beginning of the last century.
The requirement to review with a certain number of words is STUPID! Change this requirement! Stupid Stupid Stupid! Stupid Stupid!
One sorry book
Very enjoyable
Story lines are starting to all be the same
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