An Act of Courage Herbert Jenkins But for Thomas of Hookton

But for Thomas of Hookton

Goldie goes on the run

When one of the brothers is found murdered

two beautiful children

'The Olive Readers quickly becomes a gripping tale that will have you turning its pages whenever time allows' -- Evening Telegraph (Peterborough)

An Act of Courage Herbert Jenkins But for Thomas of HooktonBadajoz: Christmas 1826 Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is a prisoner of the Spanish, incarcerated in the infamous fortress of Badajoz. As he plans his escape, his thoughts return to the year 1812 when he was a cornet in Wellingtons Peninsula Army. He and the Sixth had survived Corunna to endure three more years of brutal fighting that would culminate in one of the most vital and vicious confrontations of the campaign the siege of Badajoz.