The Sabre's Edge: (Matthew Hervey 5)

The Sunday Times bestselling author
Allan Mallinson, brings us another enthralling Matthew Hervey adventure. If you like Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and CS Forester, you will love this!
'What a hero! What an author! What a book! A joy for the lover of adventure and military buff alike' -- LYN MACDONALD,THE TIMES
'Splendid...the tale is as historically stimulating as it is stirringly exciting' -- ANDREW ROBERTS,SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Impeccably researched and rooted in both time and place' -- ***** Reader review
'A thrilling tale' -- ***** Reader review
'Allan Malinson tells an absorbing tale and gives a wonderful insight into life at that time.' -- ***** Reader review
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India, 1824
:
Matthew Hervey
and the 6th Light Dragoons are stationed in India, where conflagration looks set to flair.
The usurper prince,
Durjan Sal
, has taken refuge in the infamous fortress of
Bhurtpore
. A deep ditch, which can be flooded at a moment's notice, runs round it - and as its notorious
Tower of Victory
- built with the skulls of defeated men - bears witness, it has withstood all attacks made on it.
Until now. Hot and dangerous work lies ahead for Matthew Hervey and his courageous troop
who know their fortunes will be decided by the sabre's edge
.
A Sabre's Edgeis the fifth book in Allan Mallinson's Matthew Hervey series. His adventures continue inRumours of War. Have you read his previous adventuresA Close Run Thing, The Nizam's Daughters,A Regimental AffairandA Call to Arms?

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• ISBN The Sabre's Edge book English Paperback 496 pages