Company Of Spears: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 8): A gripping and heart-stopping military adventure...

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Allan Mallinson

Company Of Spears

(The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 8): A gripping and heart-stopping military adventure from bestselling...

Allan Mallinson

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Bantam
01 May 2007

Fiction & Literature; Historical adventure

Series: Matthew Hervey

On the plains of South Africa, Matthew Hervey and the Light Dragoons confront the savage Zulus.

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!"" --
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* 1827- 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.

Accompanied by a captain from the disbanded Royal African Corps, Hervey heads out into the great South African plains and towards the territory of the Zulu and their legendary leader, King Shaka. But it is not till he nears the Umtata River that his fiercest battle really begins.

For the Zulus fight like no army he has encountered before. As Hervey and his troops are plunged into battle, death is only a heartbeat away...

Company of Spears is the eighth book in Allan Mallinson's Matthew Hervey series. His adventures continue in Man of War. Have you read his previous adventures A Close Run Thing, The Nizam's Daughters, A Regimental Affair, A Call to Arms, The Sabre's Edge, Rumours of War and An Act of Courage?

By: Allan Mallinson
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 346g
ISBN: 9780553816754
ISBN 10: 0553816756
Series: Matthew Hervey
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 01 May 2007
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , 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 previous novels all feature Matthew Hervey and are available in Bantam Paperback. The Sabre's Edge, Rumours of War and An Act of Courage were Sunday Times Bestsellers.

Reviews for Company Of Spears: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 8): A gripping and heart-stopping military adventure from bestselling author Allan Mallinson that will keep you on the edge of your seat

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 * Observer * In Hervey, Mallinson has a character worthy of comparison with Forester's young Hornblower ... And as always there is a splendid backdrop of action. * Punch *