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About this book
Rediscovered after 150 years, the life story of Major General Richard G B Wilson has never been published until now. Pursued by Danger is the vivid account of one soldier's survival in his own words.
From Napoleon to the Victorian era, Wilson's reminiscences reveal the action, danger, rivalries, and hard-won rewards of being an army officer in Britain's Royal Artillery. The recently graduated lieutenant was rushed to the war-torn Low Countries, where he joined the now-famous Rogers' Battery. Having led his gunners through the losses of Quatre-Bras to victory at Waterloo, near-death experiences followed him for the rest of his career.
His army postings took him to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and beyond, where he faced down perils from rioters to epidemics and pirates. Even at the end of his military service, where he supervised experiments on new weapons, he narrowly escaped the explosion that claimed the lives of his men.
Wilson rewards the modern reader with his delight in the natural world and now-extinct regional customs, but he shocks with the difficulty involved in journeying and clinging to life.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Editorβs Preface
- 1 Cadet and commission | 1809β13
- 2 Bergen-op-Zoom and Antwerp | 1813β15
- 3 Quatre-Bras and Waterloo | 1815
- 4 Occupying France | 1815β16
- 5 Ireland and Jamaica | 1816β19
- 6 Scotland, Ireland, and Gibraltar | 1819β24
- 7 Leave, Gibraltar, and Spain | 1825
- 8 Recruitment, marriage, and France | 1825β27
- 9 Return to Gibraltar | 1827β29
- 10 Canada and America | 1829β34
- 11 France and Malta | 1834β41
- 12 Scotland and Bermuda | 1841β46
- 13 England, Jersey, and Jamaica | 1847β54
- 14 Master of experiments | 1854β55
- About the Author
- Appendix A: Non-canonical additions
- Appendix B: Loose leaves
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index