Ever since A Close Run Thing (where we met Captain Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons, who fought at Waterloo), we have followed the fortunes and misfortunes of that worthy soldier. Here, as the story opens, Hervey, now plain Mister, is in Rome with his sister Elizabeth. The year is 1819, and Hervey's beloved wife Henrietta is dead. A chance ... Read moremeeting with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley leads him back to London, where he purchases a new commission in his former regiment. Before long he and his soldiers are embarked for India where they will meet a formidable enemy whose warboats are already being assembled. It is, as one would expect, a tale of action, always exciting and confirming Hervey as a worthy hero to command our interest. Show Less