Forget the Glory, by Elizabeth Darrell
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1853, Khunobad Province, India.
Captain Rowan DeMayne has served for six boring years with the 43rd Light Dragoons in an isolated Indian outpost. He and his comrades-in-arms yearn for honour and glory in battle.
Mary Clarke, born in a barrack room and twice widowed at eighteen, yearns only to rise above her lowly destiny. To avoid a third marriage she takes on menial work in the fetid camp hospital, and there tends Rowan, who is suffering terrible wounds on return from a dangerous solo mission.
The long-awaited call to arms is cheered by the 43rd, but the war is in the Crimea, where they are to replace the lost Light Brigade. They must cross oceans and continents for the glory they desire, taking with them wives, children, furniture, horses, equipment and weapons. During this hazardous trek, Rowan is forced to compare his self-centred wife with Mary, a true daughter of the regiment.
Socially poles apart, the pair are slowly drawn close by the demands of war and they have to face painful reality when they reach journey’s end at the gates of Sebastopol …
Faced with unimaginable horrors, Mary and Rowan find themselves looking to each other, casting a light in what seems like interminable darkness…
Society holds them apart, but can war bring them together at last?
“A fascinating account of a little-appreciated branch of the armed forces” – Booklist
“Throughout this engaging tale, Darrell accurately and poignantly depicts the daily lives of ordinary people performing extraordinary feats” – Booklist
Elizabeth Darrell is the pen-name of Emma Drummond, born in 1931. Her father was a member of the British Army stationed in Hong Kong, where Drummond spent the early years of her life. As well as writing books, she worked in the Women’s Royal Army Corps. She is the bestselling author of many historical romances as well as the popular World War II novels And In The Morning, At The Going Down Of The Sun, We Will Remember and Scarlet Shadows.
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Forget the Glory, by Elizabeth Darrell - Published on: 2015-11-30
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.09" w x 6.00" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 482 pages
Forget the Glory, by Elizabeth Darrell From Booklist It's 1855 and the 43d Light Dragoons have spent years in a far-flung Indian outpost, with the distinction of never having participated in a battle. While his brothers are serving in the Crimea and seeing lots of action, Captain the Honourable Rowan DeMayne is doing penance with the 43d. Every fiber of his being longs to be at the front, and although he is considered a talented risk taker, the demons he hides inside won't rest. Meanwhile, Mary Clarke was born to a trooper and his dutiful wife and has known nothing but the small world of a laundress living amongst the squalor of the barracks. Only 18, she is already twice a widow and determined to better her circumstances and herself, but there are obstacles aplenty on her chosen path. Finely crafted and full of detailed imagery, the story of these two people fighting to prove themselves worthy as they trek from India to the Crimea is one of magnificence and courage set against the horrors of war. Maria HattonCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
About the Author Elizabeth Darrell is the bestselling author of many historical romances as well as the popular World War II novels And In The Morning, At The Going Down Of The Sun and We Will Remember. Severn House recently published Scarlet Shadows.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Following the Drum or Walking to the Crimean War. By Zou Zou This is the exciting, based on fact, story of a British Light Dragoon Regiment in 1855.The Regiment and it's attendant entourage of wives, servants and weapons travelled from India to fight in the Crimean War. Specifically, this is the story of an Officer, Rowan, his wife, Lydia, and one camp follower, Mary. Mary is the orphaned daughter and the widow of a trooper. The Regiment is the only life she knows. After being widowed for the second time she is determined not to marry a trooper again. She will improve herself and make her own place as a seamstress/laundress/maid ... whatever. Rowan is an aristocratic, arrogant younger son with a beautiful, pampered wife. Lydia is not the ideal companion for a trek covering six thousand miles. Mary is hired as her maid servant for the journey.These three lives become entangled and interdependent, they ultimately become critical to each other's survival. The characters experience incredible tribulations and grow and mature as a result of these trials. The social class differences, the snobbery of the officers and their wives, and the rough life experienced by the troopers and their women is shown in detail. There is incredible adventure, harrowing loss and plenty of romance. A very good read. In the US this is also published under the author's pseudonym, Emma Drummond. Recommended.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Love this author. By Misfit "In that December of 1853 his reputation as one of the most valiant officers in the service of Queen Victoria was undeniable, but in the breasts of his fellows burnt the secret desire to see the regimental daredevil brought to his knees. In the breasts of the fair sex burnt the same desire, except that they wished him to be brought to only one knee-at their feet, declaring his unquenchable passionate devotion.”And that my friends, is Captain Rowan DeMayne, the hero of this story. Having disgraced himself over an unsuitable female and cast out by his family Rowan joins the 43rd Light Dragoons in the backwaters of India where they see little action, although they can march quite prettily in their full dress uniforms. The other half of this story is that of Mary Clarke, born and raised in the barracks and doomed to spend her life as the wife of a foot soldier – and if he dies she must immediately marry another – and there is never a way out of that life. Or is there?The 43rd is called to Crimea to the aid of the fallen Light Brigade and as they begin the long journey there Mary gets the opportunity to “get a leg up” in life when she’s offered the job of personal maid to Rowan’s vapid beautiful wife. The 43rd makes an incredible journey as they travel across India, oversea to Egypt, then to Alexandria to set sail once again to reach the Crimea.On the surface that might sound a tad bit boring, but trust me it’s not. Rowan carries some serious emotional baggage and Mary may be the only one who can heal them. Their verbal battles were a lot of fun to watch as the tension heated up between them. You’ll get to see the difficulties of moving a large troop of soldiers and their horses across land and sea – let alone how dangerous a ship full of terrified horses during a storm at sea can be. You will feel as parched and dirty as the soldiers did as they march across the barren desert, and heartbreak at the suffering of their fellow soldiers during the savage Russian winter. As for the final days before the siege of Sebastopol is finally over? Terrifying.“What had it all been for, they asked themselves. Why had thousands died by sword, sickness and extremes of weather? For what reason had boys agonized and been sundered only yesterday?…There was no victory, no glory in this! Why had they come?”Yes, war is hell. Another unputdownable book from Elizabeth Darrell/Emma Drummond, and she will keep you on pins and needles until the very, very last page. I really liked using Mary’s character to show the disparity between *classes* of the common foot soldier and their wives and the officers – well done. Drummond also writes under the name Elizabeth Darrell and the same book can be found under both author names. Not sure why, but I love the exotic Eastern settings she uses and I will be hunting down more of her books in the very near future.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Brilliant historical novel... By lark HERO: Captain Rowan DeMayne, arrogant aristocrat, cavalry officer par excellence, "a hero who declined to behave like one." When he was 20, he made a fool of himself over a woman, was thrown out of the vaunted 11th Hussars, cast off by his family and ends up serving with the oft-ridiculed 43rd Light Dragoons in an outpost in India where he often undertakes perilous spying assignments. This man has some serious emotional baggage dogging him. And I do mean serious.HEROINE: Mary Clarke, born to a trooper of the 43rd and his wife. Upon their deaths when she was 12, she was forced to marry or have nowhere to go. Now 18, she has been widowed twice and is determined to break the cycle ~ she wants to learn, to expand her horizons, to improve her lot. She's bright and she's remarkable. (She's helping at the hospital when Rowan is brought in seriously wounded following one of his missions, so she has a glimpse of his torment.) She gets her big chance when she's offered the job of lady's maid to Rowan's wife. This enables her to stay with the regiment, continuing to learn. She's like a sponge.THE WIFE: Lydia is beautiful, vacuous, selfish, self-absorbed. What a mistake Rowan made there! and he came to realize it too. She dies on board ship so we're not stuck with her all the way to the Crimea.ROMANCE: The hero is very complex and the heroine holds her own. He's a superb officer, admired by his troopers. His arrogance occasionally grated on me in the early going but it was an accepted fact of life in that milieu. His attitude softened as he gradually begins to "see" the heroine and then begins to fall in love with her. Their often tart exchanges are amusing. There is one scene that is intensely romantic. Both Rowan and Mary grow throughout the novel. But without Ms. Darrell's help, I really don't see this romance happening. And despite that intensely romantic scene, there isn't enough interaction to really flesh out the romance. There was an HEA o/c but it was rather abrupt.STORY: The daily lives of those in a cavalry regiment, the enormous class distinction, the 43rd's 6,000+ mile journey from the hinterlands of India to the Crimea, the sometimes harrowing details of the last days before the fall of Sevastopol.Excellent, well-researched historical novel with vivid imagery. Very well written. Even though Rowan and/or Mary appear on virtually every page, their romance is really a vehicle to illustrate class differences.If you like the history of the events following the slaughter of the Light Brigade, and I do, this is fascinating reading. For pure romance, maybe not so much. Like I said, this is an historical novel.(I read this via Kindle Unlimited.)Enjoy your reading! :)
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