An Act of Courage

The seventh novel in the acclaimed and bestselling Matthew Hervey series finds Hervey alone and a prisoner in the fortress of Badajos on the Spanish border.

While Hervey – taken captive in the final pages of The Sabre’s Edge – plans his escape from the Spanish, his memories turn to 1812 when, as a young cornet, he was part of Wellington’s victorious army as it pushed its way north through Spain towards the Pyrenees. But first the British had to storm the fortress where he is imprisoned now: Badajos – a fortress of huge strategic importance – where French resistance was at its most fierce and most bloody.

Both The Sabre’s Edge and Rumours of War were Sunday Times bestsellers in hardcover.

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An Act of Courage

The seventh novel in the acclaimed and bestselling Matthew Hervey series finds Hervey alone and a prisoner in the fortress of Badajos on the Spanish border.

While Hervey – taken captive in the final pages of The Sabre’s Edge – plans his escape from the Spanish, his memories turn to 1812 when, as a young cornet, he was part of Wellington’s victorious army as it pushed its way north through Spain towards the Pyrenees. But first the British had to storm the fortress where he is imprisoned now: Badajos – a fortress of huge strategic importance – where French resistance was at its most fierce and most bloody.

Both The Sabre’s Edge and Rumours of War were Sunday Times bestsellers in hardcover.

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An Act of Courage

An Act of Courage

by Allan Mallinson
An Act of Courage

An Act of Courage

by Allan Mallinson

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Overview

The seventh novel in the acclaimed and bestselling Matthew Hervey series finds Hervey alone and a prisoner in the fortress of Badajos on the Spanish border.

While Hervey – taken captive in the final pages of The Sabre’s Edge – plans his escape from the Spanish, his memories turn to 1812 when, as a young cornet, he was part of Wellington’s victorious army as it pushed its way north through Spain towards the Pyrenees. But first the British had to storm the fortress where he is imprisoned now: Badajos – a fortress of huge strategic importance – where French resistance was at its most fierce and most bloody.

Both The Sabre’s Edge and Rumours of War were Sunday Times bestsellers in hardcover.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780553816747
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Limited
Publication date: 05/13/2008
Pages: 496
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.87(h) x 1.12(d)
Age Range: 3 Months

About the Author

Brigadier Allan Mallinson was a serving cavalry officer. Besides the Matthew Hervey series, he is the author of Light Dragoons, a history of four regiments of British Cavalry. He is also a regular reviewer for The Times and the Spectator.

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