Man Of War

MAN OF

WAR

ALLAN MALLINSON

ALLAN MALLINSON

Allan Mallinson is a former cavalry officer. Besides the Matthew Hervey series, he is the author of the recently revised and updated Light Dragoons, a history of four regiments of British Cavalry, one of which he commanded. He is also a regular reviewer for The Times and the Spectator, and defence commentator for the Daily Telegraph.

For more information on Matthew Hervey, please visit his website on www.hervey.info

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Also by Allan Mallinson

AND FEATURING MATTHEW HERVEY

A CLOSE RUN THING

1815: introducing Matthew Hervey, fighting for King and country at the Battle of Waterloo.

‘I have never read a more enthralling account of a battle . . . This is the first in a series of Matthew Hervey adventures. The next can’t come soon enough for me’ DAILY MAIL

THE NIZAM’S DAUGHTERS

1816: in India Matthew Hervey fights to prevent bloody civil war.

‘Captain Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons and ADC to the Duke of Wellington is back in the saddle . . . He is as fascinating on horseback as Jack Aubrey is on the quarterdeck’ THE TIMES

A REGIMENTAL AFFAIR

1817: Matthew Hervey faces renegades at home and in North America.

‘A riveting tale of heroism, derring-do and enormous resource in the face of overwhelming adversity’ BIRMINGHAM POST

A CALL TO ARMS

1819: Matthew Hervey races to confront Burmese rebels massing in the jungle.

‘Hervey continues to grow in stature as an engaging and credible character, while Mallinson himself continues to delight’ OBSERVER

THE SABRE’S EDGE

1824: in India Matthew Hervey lays siege to the fortress of Bhurtpore.

‘Splendid . . . the tale is as historically stimulating as it is stirringly exciting’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

RUMOURS OF WAR

1826: while Matthew Hervey prepares for civil war in Portugal, he remembers the Retreat to Corunna twenty years previously.

‘I enjoyed the adventure immensely . . . as compelling, vivid and plausible as any war novel I’ve ever read’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

AN ACT OF COURAGE

1826: a prisoner of the Spanish, Matthew Hervey relives the blood and carnage of the Siege of Badajoz.

‘Concentrating on the battle of Talavera and the investment of Badajoz, both sparklingly described, [Mallinson] plays to his undoubted strengths’ OBSERVER

COMPANY OF SPEARS

1827: on the plains of South Africa, Matthew Hervey confronts the savage Zulu.

‘A damn fine rip-roaring read’ LITERARY REVIEW

MAN OF WAR

1827: at home and at sea, crises loom.

‘As tense, exciting, vivid and gory as we’ve come to expect from this master of military fiction’ SPECTATOR

MAPS

The Mediterranean and the course of HMS Prince Rupert, 1827 (page 16).

The Allied Squadrons and the Turkish Fleet at Navarino, October 20th, 1827 (page 378).

FOREWORD

1827

‘Soldiers and sailors are always acceptable in society,’ says Mary Crawford in Mansfield Park. But, says Kipling a century later:

In times of war, and not before,