The story opens on a stormy December night in 1795 on the coast of Donegal. Young Hector O’Halloran, mistaken for an excise man, makes his entrance on the world, joins the Twenty-First and sets out on a soldier’s career with his servant Mark Antony O’Toole, through brawls, watch-houses and taverns.
A boisterous Irish military novel illustrated by John Leech and Richard Doyle. Download the free EPUB.