The Pocket Hercules

William Morris was the most experienced soldier in the Light Brigade that charged down the Valley of Death in October 1854. Having seen service in India during the Sikh Wars with medals for gallantry at Sobraon and Aliwal, Morris was attached to General Airey’s staff in the Crimea. The high casualty rate left him, a mere Captain, in command of the 17th Lancers at Balaklava. Had the British Army not been so hidebound and its senior officers not noble amateurs like Lords Lucan and Cardigan, the Crimean War would not have been the fiasco it became, and men like Morris would have had a chance to show their brilliance.

Using previously unpublished material, MJ Trow recreates the life of an extraordinary officer, a dedicated professional in a world of amateurs. Morris’ childhood in the rolling hills of Exmoor, his unhappy time at Cambridge, his exploits with the 16th Lancers in India are vividly brought to life before he embarks for the Crimea, resulting in his near death and the award of a CB and Lieutenant Colonelcy. His untimely death from dysentery in Poona during the Indian Mutiny was deeply mourned, not only by his family and the men who served with him, but the people of Devon who were so proud of their hero.

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M .J.Trow bills himself in many of his books as the only Welshman who cannot sing or play rugby. A military historian by training, graduating from King’s College, London and Cambridge, he has spent most years of his life at the chalk face of comprehensive schools which has given him the inspiration for his latest fictional detective Peter ‘Mad Max’ Maxwell. The first detective series appeared in 1985 in the form of Inspector Lestrade, late of the Conan Doyle canon and after sixteen hilarious, bloody and intriguing outings, the world’s second greatest detective hung ...
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