Rumours Of War
(The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 6)
$35.59
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
2 May 2005
Summary
Matthew Hervey is pursued by the French across the Spanish Peninsula.
Portugal 1826
Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to lend support to the Portugese regent. But the Peninsula is a place redolent with memories. For it was here as a seventeen-old cornet that Hervey had his first taste of military action. The French had forced the British army into ignominious retreat until, under the leadership of Sir John Moore, they made a defiant stand…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553813524 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0553813528 |
| Author: | Allan Mallinson |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 2 May 2005 |
| Weight: | 373g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 128mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Matthew Hervey |
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Critics Review
I enjoyed the adventure enormously…Mallinson’s descriptions of what it’s like to be on campaign are as compelling, vivid and plausible as in any war novel I’ve ever read
I enjoyed the adventure enormously…Mallinson’s descriptions of what it’s like to be on campaign are as compelling, vivid and plausible as in any war novel I’ve ever read * Daily Telegraph *
With this intelligent but pacy book, Brigadier Mallinson stays well on course to be regarded as the landlubbers’ Patrick O’Brian’ * Sunday Telegraph *
Mallinson’s shrewd handling of the issues of discipline and tactics, the responsibilities of junior and senior command, and the self-esteem of the cavalry, reflect both his own professional experience and excellent historical judgement’ * The Times *
‘As always, the author manages to integrate Hervey’s life seamlessly into history…Rumours of War is as well-written, and as wholly engrossing, as any of the previous novels in the series’ T. J. Binyon, Evening Standard
Mallinson writes in beautiful almost Jane Austen-like English and his command of history, military detail, horse-mastership … polymathic. * Country Life *
Allan Mallinson
A professional soldier for thirty-five years, Allan Mallinson began writing while still serving. His first book was a history of four regiments of British light dragoons, one of which he commanded. His debut novel was the bestselling A Close Run Thing, the first in an acclaimed series chronicling the life of a fictitious cavalry officer before and after Waterloo.
His other works include:
- The Tigress of Mysore (fourteenth in the cavalry officer series)
- The Making of the British Army (shortlisted for several prizes)
- 1914: Fight the Good Fight (winner of the British Army’s ‘Book of the Year’ Award)
- Too Important for the Generals (a look at leadership during the Great War)
- Fight to the Finish (a comprehensive month-by-month history of the First World War)
Allan Mallinson reviews for The Spectator and the TLS and also writes for The Times. He lives on Salisbury Plain.
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