1. An Officer’s Genesis
Ensign William Culpepper begins his military career in the Flanders campaign, where the fighting at Boxtel gives him an early lesson in fear, command and battlefield disorder. The story then follows him away from Europe and into the wider imperial war, where service in India exposes…
2. The Tiger’s Last Roar
William Culpepper is serving in southern India as the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War draws British, Company and Mysorean forces toward open conflict. When a Company convoy disappears beyond Madras, Culpepper is drawn into a dangerous search through country where ambush, cavalry raids and political uncertainty make ordinary…
3. An Officer’s Justice
After the fall of Seringapatam and the death of Tipu Sultan, William Culpepper is sent into a Mysore unsettled by victory rather than pacified by it. The Company must secure roads, convoys and garrisons while former Mysorean soldiers, local rulers, merchants and Company officials all try…
4. The Maratha Checkmate
Major William Culpepper joins Arthur Wellesley’s campaign after the Peshwa’s flight from Poona draws the East India Company into the politics of the Maratha Confederacy. Attached to Wellesley’s staff, Culpepper moves through a campaign of marches, battles, monsoon conditions and siege work while continuing his personal…