Horse and Pistol

Name: Horse and Pistol
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by Griff Hosker Book 1 in the English Mercenary series.

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James Bretherton grows up as the educated only child of an Anglo-French family, expecting a secure future until he is suddenly orphaned and left without money. Two English mercenaries offer him a way forward, taking him into the military world in which professional skill may matter more than inherited position.

James learns horsemanship, weapons and the discipline needed to survive as the Thirty Years’ War expands across the German states. Catholic and Protestant causes overlap with dynastic and imperial ambitions, making it difficult to reduce the conflict to religion alone. His new career turns personal loss into a harsh education in soldiering at a time when Europe’s armies are becoming increasingly dependent on experienced men for hire.