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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Transworld Publishers Ltd

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780553816747

RRP: £9.99

PAGES: 496

PUBLICATION DATE:
March 1, 2006

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An Act of Courage

Allan Mallinson

Badajoz: Christmas 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 Peninsular 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

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"'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"

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Allan Mallinson

Allan Mallinson was a serving cavalry officer. He is also 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, the Spectator and the Literary Review. His Matthew Hervey novels are Sunday Times bestsellers and are all available in Bantam paperback.