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The Colonial's Son

Colonial, Book 4

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The Colonial's Son

By: Peter Watt
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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Narrated by Audiofile Golden Voice Rupert Degas

Danger, passion and bravery in nineteenth-century Australia, Europe and onto the battlefield of Kandahar.

As the son of 'the Colonial', legendary Queen's Captain Ian Steele, Josiah Steele has big shoes to fill. Although his home in the colony of New South Wales is a world away, he dreams of one day travelling to England so he can study to be a commissioned officer in the Scottish Regiment.

After cutting his teeth in business on the rough and ready goldfields of Far North Queensland's Palmer River, he finally realises his dream and travels to England, where he is accepted into the Sandhurst military academy. While in London he makes surprising new acquaintances - and runs into a few old ones he'd rather have left behind.

From the Australian bush to the glittering palaces of London, from the arid lands of Afghanistan to the newly established Germany dominated by Prussian ideas of militarism, Josiah Steele must now forge his own path.

©2021 Peter Watt (P)2021 Macmillan Australia Audio Action & Adventure Classics Genre Fiction Historical Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense War & Military England Fiction Dream Military

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'Australia's master of the historical fiction novel' - Canberra Weekly
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Loved this book! Peter Watt at his best! The narration was excellent!! Looking forward to the next in the series.

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