Jack Windrush Collection - A Historical War Fiction Series

Malcolm Archibald

Summary

All eleven books in 'Jack Windrush', a series of historical war novels by Malcolm Archibald, now in one volume!

Windrush: Burmese War, 1852. Unable to join the famous Royal Malverns, Jack Windrush is commissioned into the despised 113th Foot. Determined to rise in the ranks by making a name for himself, he joins the British expedition. When they get involved in the attack of Rangoon, Jack realizes that war on the fringes of the Empire is not as honorable and glorious as he expected.

Windrush - Crimea: Malta, 1854. Jack and his disreputable 113th Foot have to resort to ungentlemanly actions to have themselves posted to Crimea. A lieutenant in the worst regiment in the British Army, Jack hankers for promotion and recognition to regain what he sees as his true station in life.

Windrush - Blood Price: Jack Windrush and the 113th Foot are commissioned to Sevastopol during the Crimean War. As the great storm of November 1854 rages, Jack's unit is rescuing survivors from a wrecked ship and finds out that one of the survivors is Helen Maxwell, his former sweetheart.

Windrush - Cry Havelock: Captain Jack Windrush and the infamous 113th Foot are assigned in India just before the Indian Mutiny breaks out. Returning from a five-day march, Jack finds that the sepoys have rebelled and massacred their officers, and most of the other company of the 113th.

Windrush - Jayanti's Pawns: Jack Windrush is still in India during the late stages of the Indian Mutiny. Already tired of war, Jack has to obey orders when Colonel Hook orders him to hunt down a mysterious female warrior named Jayanti. Soon, Jack's company of the 113th Foot shares in the defeat at Fort Ruhya, where they encounter warriors wearing black turbans... and discover that they are women.

Windrush - Warriors Of God: Years after leaving the 113th Foot, Jack Windrush is sent to the Northwest Frontier of India to investigate reports of gun-running among the Pashtun tribes. When he discovers that the problems run deeper than initially believed, he is assigned to stop the rogue group and prevent an uprising.

Windrush - Agent Of The Queen: Jack is sent to infiltrate the Fenian Brotherhood, who are threatening to cause mutiny in the British Army. The journey will take him from deepest England to Ireland and across the Atlantic to the United States and Canada.

Windrush - The City Of Dreadful Death: Shipwrecked on the African coast, Major Jack Windrush and his wife Mary find themselves embroiled in a war, as the Ashantis attack the British colony of the Gold Coast. While Jack leads a company of the West India Regiment, Mary tries to help the refugees in Cape Coast Castle.

Windrush - Beyond The Frontier: Jack and the 113th Foot join the British invasion of Afghanistan in 1878, trying to counter an alleged Russian threat. Training the young battalion for the trials he know will come, Jack's unit is assigned to Afghanistan, to a war created by Russian interference and British politicians.

Windrush - Farewell To Afghanistan: Afghanistan, 1880. Major Jack Windrush of the 113th Foot is given a mission to convince Batoor Khan to support the new Amir. When a rival to the Afghan throne, Ayub Khan, appears to threaten a British garrison, Jack joins the army sent to restore order.

Windrush - A Ditch In Egypt: Egypt, 1882. Jack Windrush has to combine his new role in the Royal Malverns with an unwanted position as a spy for General Hook. Colonel Arabi has led an Egyptian rebellion against the Khedive, hereditary ruler of Egypt for the Ottoman Turks, and the British fear for the security of the Suez Canal and the passage to India. Jack and his men have to compete with the heat, insects and General Wolseley.

Available since: 07/08/2022.

Print length: 3482 pages.

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