A Military Romance.
BY
JAMES GRANT,
AUTHOR OF
"SECOND TO NONE," "THE ROMANCE OF WAR," "THE YELLOW FRIGATE,"
ETC. ETC.
"Memories fast are thronging o'er me,
Of the grand old fields of Spain;
How he faced the charge of Junot,
And the fight where Moore was slain.
Oh the years of weary waiting
For the glorious chance he sought,
For the slowly ripened harvest
That life's latest autumn brought."
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,
BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL.
1865.
LONDON:
SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
PREFACE.
In the following volumes I have endeavoured todelineate the career of a soldier—and of a characterthat has not as yet, I think, figured in the pagesof our military novelists—a Gentleman Volunteer,serving with a line regiment in time of war,according to a custom which survived even thememorable battles of the Peninsula.
As the scene of his adventures (some of whichare not quite fictitious), I have chosen theexpedition under the gallant and ill-fated Sir JohnMoore, as it has scarcely, if ever, been made thetheme of a military romance.
No history of the 25th Foot is in existence;hence, as the brief outline of its early career in thefirst volume is substantially correct, it may proveof interest to some readers.
I may add that the 94th regiment mentionedoccasionally, is the old 94th or "Scots Brigade,"which came from the service of the States General,and was disbanded after Waterloo.
The corps at present bearing the same numberin the Army List was also, however, raised inScotland, but in December, 1823; and on thatoccasion the green standard of the old brigadeof gallant memory was borne through the streets,from the castle of Edinburgh, by a soldier of theBlack Watch.
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CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.
CHAP.
I. LADY WINIFRED
II. THE PARTAN CRAIG
III. THE CASTLE OF ROHALLION
IV. THE CHILD OF THE SEA
V. THE PAST
VI. LORD ROHALLION
VII. OUR STORY PROGRESSES
VIII. QUENTIN'S CHILDHOOD
IX. THE QUARTERMASTER'S SNUGGERY
X. FLORA WARRENDER
XI. LOVE, AND MATTERS PERTAINING THERETO
XII. A LAST KISS
XIII. COSMO THE MASTER
XIV. AN ABRUPT PROPOSAL
XV. THE BLOW
XVI. EXPOSTULATION
XVII. FORTH INTO THE WORLD
XVIII. UNAVAILING RE BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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