An Act Of Courage by Allan Mallinson
This title is set in Badajoz; and it is Christmas of 1826. Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is a prisoner of the Spanish, incarcerated in the infamous fortress of Badajoz. As he plans his escape, his thoughts return to the year 1812 when he was a cornet in Wellington's Peninsula Army. He and the Sixth had survived Corunna to endure three more years of brutal fighting that would culminate in one of the most vital and vicious confrontations of the campaign - the siege of Badajoz. While Hervey paces his prison cell, and re-lives the bloodshed of battles past, friends from expected quarters rush to his aid...
'As good on the details of the workings of a cavalry regiment in 1820 as ever Patrick O'Brian was on the workings of an 1820 warship' Spectator
Brigadier Allan Mallinson was a serving cavalry officer. Besides the Matthew Hervey series, he is the author of Light Dragoons, a history of four regiments of British Cavalry, one of which he commanded, and a regular reviewer for The Times and the Spectator. Allan Mallinson's six previous novels featuring Matthew Hervey - A Close Run Thing, The Nizam's Daughters, A Regimental Affair, A Call to Arms, and The Sabre's Edge and Rumours of War, which were Sunday Times Bestsellers - are all available in Bantam paperback.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593053409 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593053400 |
| Title | An Act Of Courage |
| Author | Allan Mallinson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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