A Modern Mercenary

Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard

• Publisher: Moran Press
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781473305250
• eBook ISBN: 9781473379091

This early work by Hesketh-Prichard was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'A Modern Mercenary' is a fictional tale of military adventure. Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard was born on 17th November 1876 in Jhansi, India. Hesketh-Prichard's first published work was 'Tammer's Duel' in 1896, which he sold to Pall Mall Magazine for a guinea. He often wrote with his mother under the pseudonyms "H. Heron" and "E. Heron", and together they created a popular psychic detective series around a character named "Flaxman Low".

Table of contents

• A MODERN MERCENARY
• Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard
• CHAPTER I. A LIEUTENANT OF FRONTIER CAVALRY.
• CHAPTER II. A GENTLEMAN OF THE GUARD.
• CHAPTER III. THE GENTLEMEN OF THE GUARD.
• CHAPTER IV. DANGER SIGNALS.
• CHAPTER V. GOOD LUCK AND A FIREFLY.
• CHAPTER VI. THE CLOISTER OF ST. ANTHONY.
• CHAPTER VII. ONE WOMAN’S DIPLOMACY.
• CHAPTER VIII. A QUESTION OF THE GUARD.
• CHAPTER IX. THE CASTLE OF SAGAN.
• CHAPTER X. COUNT SIMON OF SAGAN.
• CHAPTER XI. A COUNSEL OF EXPEDIENCY.
• CHAPTER XII. ANTHONY UNZIAR.
• CHAPTER XIII. LOVE IN TWO SHADES.
• CHAPTER XIV. HALF A PROMISE.
• CHAPTER XV. COLENDORP.
• CHAPTER XVI. ‘WITH YOUR LIPS TO THE HURT.’
• CHAPTER XVII. IRIS.
• CHAPTER XVIII. THE SWORD OF UNZIAR.
• CHAPTER XIX. IN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
• CHAPTER XX. UNDER THE PINES.
• CHAPTER XXI. LOVE’S BEGGAR.
• CHAPTER XXII. IN LOVE WITH HONOUR.
• CHAPTER XXIII. HOW RALLYWOOD HAD HIS ORDERS.
• CHAPTER XXIV. ON THE FRONTIER.
• CHAPTER XXV. A QUESTION OF TWO MORALITIES.
• CHAPTER XXVI. LOVE’S HANDICAP.
• CHAPTER XXVII. THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
• CHAPTER XXVIII. THE ARREST.
• CHAPTER XXIX. THE COURT-MARTIAL.
• CHAPTER XXX. ‘UPON THE GREAT WORLD’S ALTAR-STAIRS.’
• CHAPTER XXXI. DUKE GUSTAVE.
• CHAPTER XXXII. FOR A SEASON.