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James Ogilvie emerges from Sandhurst a young subaltern bound for his baptism of fire in India.
Two generations of Ogilvies have served the 114th Highlanders, the Queen’s Own Royal Strathspeys.
James Ogilvie is the third generation.
Pitchforked with mixed feelings into imperial Britain’s elite military academy, Sandhurst, and then into the family regiment, he finds himself in 1894 a subaltern en route to India – a torrid journey out that teaches him the first lessons of military life and the command of men.
His initiation is made more difficult by the vindictive attentions of the adjutant, Captain Black, and by the high expectations placed on him by his own irascible father, his Divisional Commander on the North West Frontier of India.
Ogilvie gets his first taste of action when the Royal Strathspeys are sent through the Khyber Pass to contain the rebel Ahmed Khan outside Jalalabad.
Fighting the border tribesmen brings brushes with death, but also many opportunities for the kind of glory that can forge a distinguished military career.
But as the campaign goes on, Ogilvie also starts to doubt the entire Imperial project.
Drums Along the Khyber is a thrilling historical adventure story, rich in period detail. It is the first in the Ogilvie series of novels by Philip McCutchan.
Praise for Philip McCutchan
‘The adventure-writer succeeds who makes you read faster than you really can…Drums Along the Khyber has something of this quality’ – The Sunday Times
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.
Drums Along the Khyber James Ogilvie Book 1 edition by Philip McCutchan Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
This is the first volume in a a series of nine stories about the Victorian era British Army and their battles on the frontier of India and Pakistan in the nineteenth century. They follow the life and adventures of a young Lieutenant fresh out of Sandhurst and coming of age in one of the line Scottish infantry regiments as they fight to maintain the Raj at the height of the expansionist British Empire. In the process, he battles the equally talented and brutal hill tribes with the help of his own enlisted men. I think the author goes a little bit overboard and painting virtually every British politician and senior officer as arrogant and stupid. Many may have been, but I doubt they they all were. What is true is that while the Brits were able to steamroller most the locals in country after country they conquered, they were badly bloodied when they took on the hill tribes in Afghanistan. That's a lesson that every invading army from Alexander the Great through the British, the Russians, and now the United States learned to their regret. Basically, the Afghans are able fighters who don't like anyone invading their country and telling them what to do. Never did. If our own leadership in Washington and the Pentagon had read a little they might've understood that. As far as good, historic period pieces go, the books by C Northcoat Parkinson, Alexander Kent, Patrick O'Brien, and especially Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharp novels are much better than this one.Product details
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Drums Along the Khyber James Ogilvie Book 1 edition by Philip McCutchan Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
These three "Raj India" books by McCutchan are pretty good.The plots follow a promising officer and his forbidden ( or at least frowned-upon) love. Heavy on the love for all things Scottish and heavy on tradition, they are predictable military fiction yarns.
Excellent book, lots of action and gives a good feel for life in the British army in India in the late 19th century. Just started the third book in the series. Worth your time if you have an interest in the subject matter.
Nice, pleasant read. Far-fetched plots (Scotsman going 'blackface undercover'? Really?) and too much bagpipe playing. Oh, and the hero gets 'wounded' and captured so many times in the series it becomes a given.
Are the characters developed? Sort of. If you have read McCutchan before you know the pace and plot outline. It bugs me that the cover picture includes a rifle that is WW1 vintage not one that was available at the time. The pictures are just as easy to find. I won't follow up on this series because I can find more interesting things to read.
Good read. The immaturity of the character (subaltern) was a bit frustrating, but likely realistic. Without giving away the plot, there was an improbable sequence or two, but they do say that fact is stranger than fiction, so perhaps... I did enjoy it and the following two that are in format. Don't think I will be spending ten dollars for paperbacks just to continue with the series, however. Would continue if the series were 'kindle-ized'.
The story of British troops in the first Afghan War on the Northwest Frontier in 1842 is not well known in the US, but it has lessons that can still apply today. This novel, however, is not the place to learn them. It has more kinship to the old movies about Victorian armies in the subcontinent "Gungha Din", "Four Feathers", and even the first half of the great 1936 Errol Flynn version of "Charge of the Light Brigade". Fun, full of stereotypes, and heroic redcoats. There are no surprises, but it is not a bad entertainment by any means.
Phillip McCutchan's "Drums Along the Khyber" is masterful story telling! In the first few pages the reader is transported to 19th Century Afghanistan and the British Army's struggle to quell an Afghan uprising against the Crown. This is historical fiction at its very best - powerful, compelling, and action-packed!
This is the first volume in a a series of nine stories about the Victorian era British Army and their battles on the frontier of India and Pakistan in the nineteenth century. They follow the life and adventures of a young Lieutenant fresh out of Sandhurst and coming of age in one of the line Scottish infantry regiments as they fight to maintain the Raj at the height of the expansionist British Empire. In the process, he battles the equally talented and brutal hill tribes with the help of his own enlisted men. I think the author goes a little bit overboard and painting virtually every British politician and senior officer as arrogant and stupid. Many may have been, but I doubt they they all were. What is true is that while the Brits were able to steamroller most the locals in country after country they conquered, they were badly bloodied when they took on the hill tribes in Afghanistan. That's a lesson that every invading army from Alexander the Great through the British, the Russians, and now the United States learned to their regret. Basically, the Afghans are able fighters who don't like anyone invading their country and telling them what to do. Never did. If our own leadership in Washington and the Pentagon had read a little they might've understood that. As far as good, historic period pieces go, the books by C Northcoat Parkinson, Alexander Kent, Patrick O'Brien, and especially Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharp novels are much better than this one.
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