Warrior: (Matthew Hervey Book 10) - Couverture rigide

Mallinson, Allan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593058143 ISBN 13 : 9780593058145

Editeur : Bantam Press, 2008

Synopsis

Physical description; 337 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Light Dragoons, 6th - Fiction. Hervey, Matthew (Fictitious character) - Fiction. South Africa - History - Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 - Fiction.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

1828: The stability of the Cape Colony has been threatened by Xhosa tribesman who have been making incursions across the borders.And when Hervey is told by his old friend, Sir Eyre Somervile, that the Zulu warrior king Shaka is about to make war on neighbouring tribes in the south of the country, he knows that matters are perilous indeed. Leaving his new wife in England, Hervey speeds to his friend's aid.

He and Somervile journey to meet the Zulu king, but Shaka's royal kraal is a horrifying place. The sentinels at the gates are corpses, and it is soon becomes apparent that Shaka has slaughtered thousands of his own people.

Into this febrile atmosphere ride Hervey, Somervile and their escort of dragoons and mounted rifles. But the sudden death of the Zulu king plunges the region into civil war, and Hervey and his men into terrible danger.

Yet worse is to come. As Hervey leads Shaka's queen across the veldt to safety, he knows he must cross an alien landscape where they will be hunted by wild animals - and deadly warriors.

Revue de presse :

"Rich in illuminating detail about sailing ships and naval matters ... The sea battle of Navarino is as thrilling as any fought on land." (The Times for MAN OF WAR)

"Tense, exciting, vivid, gory." (The Spectator for MAN OF WAR)

"[A] splendid literary cavalry charge." (Evening Standard for MAN OF WAR)

"One of the best things about the Matthew Hervey series of novels by Allan Mallinson is that the reader never fails to learn things, as he follows the adventures of the galloping major." (EVENING STANDARD)

"Mallinson's energetic sprawling novels featuring Matthew Hervey and the Light Dragoons have gleaned a nigh-fanatical following...His characters are broadly but strikingly observed, his plotting dense and ingenious, and the requisite bouts of bloody action dispatched with great panache. Warrior has everything to do with genuinely kinetic - even cinematic - storytelling skill that puts the reader firmly in the middle of the most blood-boltered of battles...historical fiction readers of robust tastes need look no further." (THE TIMES)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0593058143
• ISBN 13: 9780593058145
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 352