The True Soldier Jack Lark, Book 6, Paul Fraser Collard
The True Soldier Jack Lark, Book 6, Paul Fraser Collard
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The True Soldier (Jack Lark, Book 6)
American Civil War, Battle of Bull Run, 1861

Author: Paul Fraser Collard

Series: Jack Lark

Narrator: Dudley Hinton

Unabridged: 15 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 07/13/2017

Synopsis

Roguish hero Jack Lark - dubbed 'Sharpe meets the Talented Mr Ripley' - travels to America to reinvent himself as the American Civil War looms... A must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Simon Scarrow.

'Nobody writing today depicts the chaos, terror and brutality of war better than Paul Fraser Collard' Matthew Harffy

'This ain't the kind of war you are used to. It's brother against brother, countryman against countryman'

April, 1861. Jack Lark arrives in Boston as civil war storms across America.

A hardened soldier, Jack has always gone where he was ordered to go - and killed the enemy he was ordered to kill. But when he becomes a sergeant for the Union army, he realises that this conflict between North and South is different. Men are choosing to fight - and die - for a cause they believe in.

The people of Boston think it will take just one, great battle. But, with years of experience, Jack knows better. This is the beginning of something that will tear a country apart - and force Jack to see what he is truly fighting for.

(P)2017 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Paul Fraser Collard

Paul's love of military history started at an early age. A childhood spent watching films like Waterloo and Zulu whilst reading Sharpe, Flashman and the occasional Commando comic, gave him a desire to know more of the men who fought in the great wars of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. At school, Paul was determined to become an officer in the British army and he succeeded in winning an Army Scholarship. However, Paul chose to give up his boyhood ambition and instead went into the finance industry. Paul stills works in the City, and lives with his wife and three children in Kent.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on January 03, 2018

I love this series and now Jack Lark takes us into the heart of new territory indeed - 1861 and the early months of the American Civil War.......more

Goodreads review by Ian on October 20, 2017

This series in a way is turning into a bit of a world tour of 19th century battle fields. This is not a bad thing as the titular hero Jack Lark gets to pit brawn and brain against many different foes. From the Crimea to India, Persia, back to Europe and beyond.In this volume Jack finds himself embro......more

Goodreads review by Paul on June 13, 2018

I have followed Jack Lark to many places and events about which I knew very little; The Crimean War, trouble in Persia, revolt in India, Solferino, Italy, and the stews and gin palaces of London.  Now, because of a promise made to a dying man, Jack is in my neck of the woods; Boston, Massachusetts a......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on September 06, 2017

Jack Lark gets better with every outing. From the battlefields of Europe, Lark finds himself arriving in Boston just before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Delivering the letters of a dead comrade, Lark is caught up in the patriotic fervour, and ends up marching to war with a Boston voluntee......more

Goodreads review by steven devenport on November 04, 2017

Jacks back ! Best one yet must admit Jack does get around well rewritten a very believable story couldn't put it down very good read......more

Quotes

It worked its magic on me and made me love it so much so that once again I miss Jack Lark... a year is a long time to wait until his next adventure Parmenion Books

Plenty of honour and action in a satisfying slab of martial adventure Daily Sport

This is such a strong series... and I do believe The True Soldier could be among the best For Winter Nights

A thrilling novel Sunday Express

An action-packed adventure guaranteed to get the pulse racing Historical Novel Society

Paul Fraser Collard is a master of action historical fiction. The True Soldier is another exciting epic adventure in the Jack Lark series. Nobody writing today depicts the chaos, terror and brutality of war better than Paul Fraser Collard. Jack Lark is a perfect flawed hero, whose deep-seated resentment of the inequalities of nineteenth century society allows Collard to investigate the political history of the bloody wars in which Lark finds himself fighting

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