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Company of Spears
Allan Mallinson
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Description for Company of Spears
Paperback. It is 1827, and Matthew Hervey is on the look out for a new posting. He soon finds one in the Cape Colonies, where there is need of a man to re-organise the local forces, and in particular to form a new company of horse. As Hervey and his greenhorn troops are plunged into a battle, death is only a heartbeat away. Series: Matthew Hervey. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Allan Mallinson brings us another adrenalin-fuelled, absorbing adventure featuring Matthew Hervey. If you like Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and CS Forester, you will love this!
"Captain Matthew Hervey is as splendid a hero as ever sprang from an author's pen" -- THE TIMES
"A damn fine, rip-roaring read" -- LITERARY REVIEW
"The heir to Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester" -- OBSERVER
"Outstanding storytelling!" -- ***** Reader review
"Fab read" -- ***** Reader review
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1827: Matthew Hervey is on the look-out for a new posting.
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Product Details
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780553816754
SKU
V9780553816754
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-48
About Allan Mallinson
A professional solder for thirty-five years, Allan Mallinson began writing while still serving. His first book was a history of four regiments of British light dragoons, one of which he commanded. His debut novel was the bestselling A Close Run Thing, the first in an acclaimed series chronicling the life of a fictitious cavalry officer before and after Waterloo ... Read more
Reviews for Company of Spears
Now at last a highly literate, deeply read cavalry officer shows one the nature of horse-borne warfare.
Patrick O'Brian
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.
Daily Telegraph
[Mallinson is] the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester
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Patrick O'Brian
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.
Daily Telegraph
[Mallinson is] the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester
... Read more