David H. C. Carter Boeken

The Boar and The Leopard is a work of creative non-fiction that takes a look at the Battle of Waterloo from the lens of fictional characters. Highlighting the brilliant careers of both Napoleon and Wellington, the novel gives a view of the atmosphere of war enveloped Europe in the early 19th century. Author David H. C. Carter takes the reader on a journey through time, starting with the struggling French nation as it rises out of the ashes of the revolution to is Imperial days and the decline at Napoleon Bonaparte's influence and power. Epic events such as the French invasion of Russia and the disastrous retreat that followed are catalogued along the way giving the reader a feel for the uncertainty of the times that existed during the reign of one of the world's most infamous figures.

On the 20th of November 1943 the Southern TaskForce (TF 53), under the command of Rear Admiral Harry Hill, set a course forthe Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands of the centralPacific. In his command were over 17,000 men of the 2nd MarineDivision. Their main goal was the tiny island of Betioroughly 2 x 1/2 miles insize.Facing a force of 5,000 heavilyfortified Japanese soldiers, the marines battled for four days under heavyenemy fire, and by the end of the battle the course of events in the Pacificwould be changed forever."