1808. As Napoleon’s conscript armies smash their way across Europe, a small British expeditionary force lands on the coast of Portugal. Its mission: to support Portuguese efforts to eject the French from their country. Young cavalrymen Corporal Joshua Lock and Lieutenant the Honourable John Killen disembark with the 20th Light Dragoons. But their unlikely three-year friendship, forged in the aftermath of a near-fatal accident, ends tragically when Lock is killed in a French ambush. So when his regiment marches to meet the French in battle, will Killen live to honour his father’s memory? And is Lock really dead?
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1808. As Napoleon's conscript armies smash their way across Europe, a small British expeditionary force lands on the coast of Portugal. Its mission: to support Portuguese efforts to eject the French from their country.
Young cavalrymen Corporal Joshua Lock and Lieutenant the Honourable John Killen disembark with the 20th Light Dragoons. But their three-year friendship, forged in the aftermath of a near fatal accident, ends tragically when Lock is killed in a French ambush.
So as his regiment marches with the future Duke of Wellington to meet the French in battle, can Killen survive to honour his father's memory?
And is Lock really dead?
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If you are a fan of Forrester's Hornblower, Cornwall's Sharpe or Fraser's Flashman then you will find Jonathan Hopkins's `Walls of Jericho'" an enjoyable read. The story is atypical of the genre. We have two boys: one the son of dead Cavalry hero, heir to estates, an aristocrat in breeding; the other is a village farrier, son of an unknown dead father yet possessed of a stout heart, common sense and stoic outlook. Two boys from opposite ends of the social spectrum who become fast friends when one saves the other from an icy death in a river one cold night. An oft-used pairing in a world where friendship saves the day and helps both author and reader through adventures that are true "Boys Own". Flintlock and gunpowder flash bang loudly through the novel; the heat and noise of battle war constantly with the modern narrative perception of authors who write of this period. A view whereby the wars Britain fought during the Hanoverian period - in this case the Peninsular War - have every general calmly sipping wine, imposing both public school order and starch jacketed class regimen on armies that resemble merely playing pieces on a pristine board of Europe.
It is a view that Cornwall brilliantly breathed life into with Sharpe and, unfortunately, befuddled a generation of school children with the ITV series. War is not glamorous but there is a legion of novels out there that portray precisely that. The youthful call to glory rings ever strong and despite the sage weariness of his grandfather, it is an impassioned call to the 20th Cavalry of Sir Arthur Wellesley's army in Portugal that means we move from 1805 where Joshua Lock has saved John Killen from death to 1808 and two young men charging a hill at Vimeiro Hill amidst the noise, smoke and confusion of battle.... Read more ›
It is a view that Cornwall brilliantly breathed life into with Sharpe and, unfortunately, befuddled a generation of school children with the ITV series. War is not glamorous but there is a legion of novels out there that portray precisely that. The youthful call to glory rings ever strong and despite the sage weariness of his grandfather, it is an impassioned call to the 20th Cavalry of Sir Arthur Wellesley's army in Portugal that means we move from 1805 where Joshua Lock has saved John Killen from death to 1808 and two young men charging a hill at Vimeiro Hill amidst the noise, smoke and confusion of battle.... Read more ›
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I must confess that it took me a little longer to read than other reviewers but my efforts were suitably rewarded. I am impressed with the accuracy of the novel and the compelling story. I understand that this is Mr Hopkins first novel which I find quite incredible - a marvelous read and a book you will struggle to put down.
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By C. Thomas
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It is immediately obvious for the first chapter of this fantastic novel, that the author has put his heart and soul into creating a masterpiece which will transport you to the terrifying battlefields, where you will hear the cries of the men and smell the gunpowder. It is an absorbing, richly detailed and unmissable book. A classic in the making!
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