Warrior: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 10): A gripping and action-packed military page-turner from bestselling...

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Allan Mallinson

Warrior

(The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 10): A gripping and action-packed military page-turner from...

Allan Mallinson

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English

Bantam
03 August 2009

Fiction & Literature; Historical adventure

Series: Matthew Hervey

In South Africa, Matthew Hervey clashes with the Warrior King of the Zulu.

Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and CS Forester, another breath-taking Matthew Hervey adventure from the pen of THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Allan Mallinson.

\""Captain Matthew Hervey is as splendid a hero as ever sprang from an author's pen\"" -- THE TIMES \""Hervey's thrilling battles against the vivid backdrop of the developing British Empire make for richly engaging storytelling\"" -- DAILY MAIL \""Highly addictive\"" --
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* 1828- Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is urgently summoned to the Cape Colony when he learns that the Zulu warrior King Shaka is about to wage war.

Soon Hervey, his old friend Eyre Somervile and their escort of dragoons and mounted rifles are riding north. When they arrive at Shaka's kraal, it quickly becomes apparent that he has slaughtered thousands of his subjects - warriors and women alike.

When Shaka is killed by his own people, and the region plunged into civil war, Hervey and his men find themselves in the midst of terrible danger.

Yet worse is to come. Separated from his troop, Hervey must lead Shaka's queen across a hostile land where sanctuary has never seemed further away ...

By: Allan Mallinson
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 332g
ISBN: 9780553818628
ISBN 10: 0553818627
Series: Matthew Hervey
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 03 August 2009
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 is a former infantry and cavalry officer of thirty-five years' service. He is also the author of Light Dragoons, a history of four regiments of British Cavalry, one of which he commanded, and which has recently been revised and updated. As well as writing on defense matters for The Times and formerly for the Daily Telegraph, he is a regular reviewer for The Times, the Spectator and the Literary Review.

Reviews for Warrior: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 10): A gripping and action-packed military page-turner from bestselling author Allan Mallinson

Puts the reader firmly in the middle of the most blood-boltered of battles...historical fiction readers of robust tastes need look no further. THE TIMES 20080607 Immaculately researched, with every detail of the cavalry spectacularly drawn, this is the work of an intensely accomplished historical novelist. Hervey's thrilling battles make for richly engaging old-fashioned storytelling. DAILY MAIL 20080718 Battle scenes are what he does best. THE SPECTATOR 20080712