An Act Of Courage: (Matthew Hervey Book 7) - Couverture rigide

Mallinson, Allan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593053400 ISBN 13 : 9780593053409

Editeur : Bantam Press, 2005

Synopsis

At the bloody siege of Badajoz, Matthew Hervey must overthrow the French - or die in the attempt.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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 previous novels all feature Matthew Hervey and are available in Bantam Paperback. The Sabre's Edge, Rumours of War and An Act of Courage were Sunday Times Bestsellers.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'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.' Telegraph

Christmas 1826 finds Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons alone and a prisoner.

Captured by the Spanish, he is locked up in the notorious fortress of Badajoz, with little means of outside communication, his Prayer Book his only mental sustenance.

He must escape, but as Hervey lays his plans his thoughts return to 1812, when as a young cornet he was here with Wellington's Peninsular Army.Having survived the terrible retreat to Corunna, Hervey and the Sixth had gone on to endure three more years of fighting - only to be stalled at Badajoz.

Badajoz: a fortress of huge strategic importance, where two sieges had already failed, and where French resistance was at its bloodiest.No one - from the Duke of Wellington to the most lowly cornet - was in any doubt that in order to defeat Napoleon they must carry the day.As the young Hervey and his comrades prepared for the third and final attack on the fortress, the only options left were death or glory.

What Hervey cannot know, as he paces his prison cell fourteen years later, is that in Lisbon, his close friends - including the beautiful Isabella Delgado - are rushing to his aid.The escape they plan is audacious in the extreme ...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0593053400
• ISBN 13: 9780593053409
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible