A Regimental Affair
(The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 3): A gripping and action-packed military adventure from bestselling author Allan Mallinson
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Publisher Description
Another riveting Matthew Hervey adventure from the Sunday Times bestselling author Allan Mallinson, combining hero, history and drama to perfection. If you like Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and CS Forester, this will not disappoint!
"Assured and capable...a fine read" - The Times
"Matthew Hervey has now joined Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe and Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey" - Birmingham Post
"Delighted, as simple as that." - ***** Reader review
"Absolutely excellent - cannot recommend this series of books enough to anyone who likes historical fiction." - ***** Reader review
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Canada 1817: Captain Matthew Hervey is suffering the effects of unrest within his beloved regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons.
Their new commanding officer - wealthy, arrogant and cruel - has taken an immediate dislike to him. Somehow, Hervey must earn promotion while retaining his integrity and the loyalty of his men.
Then the regiment is sent to Canada where, in the aftermath of war with the United States, Hervey faces danger on two fronts. Murderous native tribes are on the move.
While, closer to home, he and his commanding officer have embarked on a collision course - the consequences of which will be devastating...
Have you read A Close Run Thing and The Nizam's Daughters - the first two Matthew Hervey adventures? A Regimental Affair is the third book in Allan Mallinson's Matthew Hervey series. His adventures continue in A Call to Arms.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The England that Capt. Matthew Hervey returns to after heroic duty at Waterloo and in India scarcely resembles the one he left merely a year before. As Mallinson recounts in lively detail, it's now 1817 and political agitators chip away at the established order, criminals prowl the streets and unemployed soldiers, trimmed from her majesty's bulging forces, bloat the ranks of the lazy and useless. Hervey, saddened by the state of his beloved country, rejoices at his new assignment: second in command of his old regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons. Soon, however, the dashing, fiercely loyal officer begins chafing under his new commander, the pompous, sadistic Lord Towcester. Having been promised a promotion once Towcester steps down, Hervey struggles to keep a stiff upper lip as he leads his Dragoon regiment on missions to ambush French smugglers on the Brighton coast and squash marauding Luddites in Nottingham. Sent to Canada, Hervey takes his wife, Lady Henrietta, along with him; in the New World disaster strikes, causing Hervey to vow vengeance on Towcester. Mallinson (Honorable Company) brings this third entry in the series to a close as Hervey teams up with U.S. troops to lend a hand with the westward expansion, setting the stage for a frontierlike adventure next time out. Mallinson's otherwise highly entertaining, cleverly executed plot suffers occasionally from excessive period detail and a dearth of suspense. His prose, however, is sure and steady, and his deft treatment of the honorable yet never priggish Hervey makes him a hero readers will not only root for but follow into battle.
