I really love this story, but I was disappointed in the way the writer went about telling it. Harry Faversham receives three feathers from men in his military unit, signifying cowardice, and when his fiancee gives him a fourth, he sets out to prove his courage to the three by saving their lives, thus, also convincing her to take him back. The plot is exciting - how will he prove himself, etc. Yet, instead of following Harry on his adventures, the story is mostly told second-hand. The bulk of the book instead follows his ex-fiancee and his old friend, away from the action in England and Ireland. There are parts that do follow Harry on his quest, but I would rather those parts be the bulk of the book than the long, drawn-out dialogues between the others. Overall, I appreciate the book and its characters, yet I feel I would have appreciated it more if it actually had been an adventure book, which is how it's marketed.