Overview
Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to lend support to Portugese regent. But Peninsula is a place redolent with memories. The French had forced British army into retreat until, under leadership of Sir John Moore, they made a defiant stand at Corunna. As he prepares for battle, Hervey finds himself confronting ghosts from his past.
Portugal 1826
Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to lend support to the Portugese regent. But the Peninsula is a place redolent with memories. For it was here as a seventeen-year-old cornet that Hervey had his first taste of military action. The French had forced the British army into ignominious retreat until, under the leadership of Sir John Moore, they made a defiant stand at Corunna.
As he prepares for battle once more, Hervey finds himself confronting ghosts from his past ...
''Captain Matthew Hervey is as splendid a hero as ever sprang from an
author''s pen.'' The Times
- | Author: Allan Mallinson
- | Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
- | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2005
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780553813524
- | ISBN-10: 0553813528
