The Queen's Colonial

1845, a village outside Sydney Town: humble blacksmith Ian Steele struggles to support his widowed mother. All the while he dreams of a life in uniform, serving in Queen Victoria's army. 1845, Puketutu, New Zealand: Second Lieutenant Samuel Forbes, a young poet from an aristocratic English family, wants nothing more than to discard the officer's uniform he never sought. When the two men cross paths in the colony of New South Wales, they are struck by their brotherly resemblance and quickly hatch a plan for Ian to take Samuel's place in the British army. Ian must travel to England, fool the treacherous Forbes family, and accept a commission into their regiment as a company commander in the bloody Crimean war--but he will soon learn that there are even deadlier enemies close to home.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Australia
Published: 06/01/2020
ISBN: 9781760781095
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.00d