2001, Hardcover, 326 pages
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Praise for the novels of Allan Mallinson
HONORABLE COMPANY
“A marvelous read, paced like a well-balanced symphony...full of surprises and excitement.”
–The Times
“First-rate historical fiction.”
–Booklist
“A rousing tale of conspiracy [and] double-crossings...Hervey is an enduring hero.”
–Publishers Weekly
A CLOSE RUN THING
“Now at last a highly literate, deeply read cavalry officer of high rank shows one the nature of horse-borne
warfare....Colonel Mallinson’s A Close Run Thing is very much to be welcomed.”
–Patrick O’Brian, late author of the Aubrey-Maturin series
“Stirring...stimulating...entertaining...a richness of detail.”
–USA Today
“A rousing...tale of valiant heroism and dashing derring-do.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“Mallinson expertly captures both the glory and the gore
of the battlefield in this sweeping saga....An exciting historical adventure steeped in authentic military detail.”
–Booklist
SON’S A Close Run Thing and Honorable Company stirred readers and critics with the military adventures of young Captain Matthew Hervey at the Battle of Waterloo and amid the harsh terrain and treacherous intrigues of India. Now, in 1817, Hervey returns to an England whose hard-won peace is shaken by the distress and discord of its people. And even as he is caught up in the turbulent dawn of a new era, he must combat a deliberate attempt to orchestrate his own ruin.
The honors he won in India fell short of Captain Matthew Hervey’s deepest desire–to return to his beloved 6th Light Dragoons. But now circumstances allow him to resume command of the unit–and to marry the beautiful Lady Henrietta Lindsay, whom he has loved since childhood. Meanwhile, however, his soldier’s heart is pierced by the sight of men in British scarlet crippled in the service of king and country, now forgotten and cast off, reduced to begging and petty crime. It
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