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James Ogilvie #6
Ogilvie Under Fire
A successful tribal uprising in the foothills of the Hindu Kush could bode ill for the authority of the Raj. When the 114th Queen's Own Royal Strathspeys march to Kalundabad, it is Captain James Ogilivie's unenviable task to keep an eye on things.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1974
About the author
Philip McCutchan
187 books36 followersaka Robert Conington Galway, Duncan MacNeil
Philip McCutchan (1920-1996) grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime's interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest resulting in several fiction books, from amongst his large output, about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years.
Philip McCutchan (1920-1996) grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime's interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest resulting in several fiction books, from amongst his large output, about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years.
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May 2, 2019
The continuing British Army saga of adventure, action and life on the Indian Frontier.
The book is one of a series that covers the British Army in its quest to tame the border lands of India adjacent to Afghanistan. The antagonists, long term and otherwise do much to test the patience of the protagonists more so at times than the warrior natives do. Or so it seems. The main characters of the series by this time are very well developed and quite dimensional as are the long term antagonists. The newer characters are given dimension and strength and believability fairly quickly as only a master of his craft could only successfully pull off so quickly and so convincingly. Basically, an excellent read that is certain not to disappoint. Again, the only criticism is the company that reprinted this exciting serious has failed the deceased author and the readership by failing to pay proper attention to editing after having digitalized the printed book. But, don’t let this stop you from reading this book or the other books in the series. The number of editing errors is not so rampant or hard to figure out nor overly annoying. For me it’s the fact that the errors even exist after being digitalized and to me little editing demonstrates a dire lack respect is shown to the author and extrapolates to little respect to the readership. The errors sometimes distracts the reader sometime at key points. The errors are certainly not the fault of the author who passed away in the mind 1990’s. If you enjoy a certain amount of relative history in action and adventure novels then I know you will enjoy this book and the other books in the series. I certainly did ! Enjoy the read !
The book is one of a series that covers the British Army in its quest to tame the border lands of India adjacent to Afghanistan. The antagonists, long term and otherwise do much to test the patience of the protagonists more so at times than the warrior natives do. Or so it seems. The main characters of the series by this time are very well developed and quite dimensional as are the long term antagonists. The newer characters are given dimension and strength and believability fairly quickly as only a master of his craft could only successfully pull off so quickly and so convincingly. Basically, an excellent read that is certain not to disappoint. Again, the only criticism is the company that reprinted this exciting serious has failed the deceased author and the readership by failing to pay proper attention to editing after having digitalized the printed book. But, don’t let this stop you from reading this book or the other books in the series. The number of editing errors is not so rampant or hard to figure out nor overly annoying. For me it’s the fact that the errors even exist after being digitalized and to me little editing demonstrates a dire lack respect is shown to the author and extrapolates to little respect to the readership. The errors sometimes distracts the reader sometime at key points. The errors are certainly not the fault of the author who passed away in the mind 1990’s. If you enjoy a certain amount of relative history in action and adventure novels then I know you will enjoy this book and the other books in the series. I certainly did ! Enjoy the read !
September 1, 2018
As always Wareham has produced a very good read in this series about colonial India. Excellent characters, good story line, lot of action & well researched history combined with excellent cultural accuracy make this a very, good read!
June 29, 2016
Sometimes hero have feet of clay
I have read several of the James Ogilvie books and enjoyed them a great deal. This one was no exception, now some might feel that the plot is given away at the beginning of the story. I felt that it was obvious the story was going to center around the actions of one character in this case, Hamish Dewar. But that was okay because Ogilvie now has to deal with being a good officer on three fronts; his men, his regiment , and his fellow officers. There are mistakes made by one and all some of which have dire consequences for everybody. Then you throw in a little Cholera outbreak and a power grab by the Indians to get a big mess. If you like a fast paced story that deals with India during the time of Raj then this is a book for you.
I have read several of the James Ogilvie books and enjoyed them a great deal. This one was no exception, now some might feel that the plot is given away at the beginning of the story. I felt that it was obvious the story was going to center around the actions of one character in this case, Hamish Dewar. But that was okay because Ogilvie now has to deal with being a good officer on three fronts; his men, his regiment , and his fellow officers. There are mistakes made by one and all some of which have dire consequences for everybody. Then you throw in a little Cholera outbreak and a power grab by the Indians to get a big mess. If you like a fast paced story that deals with India during the time of Raj then this is a book for you.
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