The Sabre's Edge: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 5):A gripping, action-packed military adventure from...

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Allan Mallinson

The Sabre's Edge

(The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 5): A gripping, action-packed military adventure from bestselling...

Allan Mallinson

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Bantam
15 March 2007

Fiction & Literature; Historical adventure

Series: Matthew Hervey

Matthew Hervey lays siege to the grim fortress of Bhurtpore

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\"" --
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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 Edge is the fifth book in Allan Mallinson's Matthew Hervey series. His adventures continue in Rumours of War. Have you read his previous adventures A Close Run Thing, The Nizam's Daughters, A Regimental Affair and A Call to Arms?

By: Allan Mallinson
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 335g
ISBN: 9780553813517
ISBN 10: 055381351X
Series: Matthew Hervey
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 15 March 2007
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Allan Mallinson was a serving cavalry officer. He is also the author of Light Dragoons, a history of four regiments of British Cavalry, one of which he commanded, and a regular reviewer for The Times, the Spectator and the Literary Review. His Matthew Hervey novels are Sunday Times bestsellers and are all available in Bantam paperback.

Reviews for The Sabre's Edge: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 5):A gripping, action-packed military adventure from bestselling author Allan Mallinson

'Splendid...the tale is as historically stimulating as it is stirringly exciting' Sunday Telegraph 'What a hero! What an author! What a book! A joy for the lover of adventure and military buff alike' The Times We have joined for action and to see the world and that is what we get...a novel for our time, perhaps? Spectator Hervey is the thinking man's Sharpe. Mallinson is the true heir to Patrick O'Brian Daily Mirror 'Mallinson's descriptions of regimental life and of the campaigns themselves ... crackle with detail and atmosphere ... Makes for an engrossing read, full of blood and valour.' Observer