City Of Dreadful Death

Shipwrecked on the African coast, Major Jack Windrush and his wife Mary find themselves embroiled in a war, as the Ashantis attack the British colony of the Gold Coast.

While Jack leads a company of the West India Regiment, Mary tries to help the refugees in Cape Coast Castle. Soon, they both find themselves deeply involved in the war, and will need to make sacrifices they could have never anticipated.

The City of Dreadful Death is the eighth novel in Malcolm Archibald's series of historical war novels, this time set in the tumultuous late 19th century West Africa.

Naufragiat pe coasta africana, maiorul Jack Windrush si sotia sa Mary se trezesc implicati intr-un razboi, in timp ce Ashantis ataca colonia britanica de pe Coasta de Aur. In timp ce Jack conduce o companie a Regimentului Indiei de Vest, Mary incearca sa-i ajute pe refugiati din Castelul Cape Coast. In curand, amandoi se trezesc profund implicati in razboi si vor trebui sa faca sacrificii pe care nu le-ar fi putut anticipa niciodata. Orasul mortii ingrozitoare este al optulea roman din seria de romane de razboi istorice a lui Malcolm Archibald, de data aceasta plasata in tumultul sfarsit de secol al XIX-lea. secolul Africa de Vest.