Allan Mallinson
Brigadier Allan Mallinson was a serving cavalry officer. Besides the Matthew Hervey series, he is 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 and the Spectator.
Allan Mallinson’s six previous novels featuring Matthew Hervey - A Close Run Thing, The Nizam’s Daughters, A Regimental Affair, A Call to Arms, and The Sabre’s Edge and Rumours of War, which were Sunday Times Bestsellers - are all available in Bantam paperback.
Featured Books, with extracts, by Allan Mallinson
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Rumours of War
Allan Mallinson
The sixth in his Matthew Hervey series, he of the Sixth Light Dragoons who now returns to the Peninsula in 1826 where the Spanish threaten and Hervey remembers his first taste of military action when he was a young cornet....
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2005
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Books by Allan Mallinson
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Man Of War
Allan Mallinson
Captain Sir Laughton Peto, engaged to Matthew Hervey's sister, Elizabeth, has just taken command of HMS Prince Rupert, the only three-deck line-of-battle ship in commission. But his passage to the Ionian - where Admiral Codrington is assembling an Anglo-Russian-French fleet...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2007
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Act Of Courage
Allan Mallinson
Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is a prisoner of the Spanish, incarcerated in the infamous fortress of Badajoz. As he plans his escape, his thoughts return to the year 1812 when he was a cornet in Wellington's Peninsula...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2005
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Rumours Of War
Allan Mallinson
Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to lend support to the Portuguese regent. But the Peninsula is a place redolent with memories. The French had forced the British army into ignominious retreat until they made a defiant stand...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2004
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Warrior
Allan Mallinson
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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/05/2009
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Man Of War
Allan Mallinson
It is 1827: Britain and the Mediterranean Captain Sir Laughton Peto, engaged to Matthew Hervey's sister, is sailing his line-of-battle ship towards Navarino Bay. All is set fair for Matthew Hervey's marriage to Lady Lankester, and his return to active...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/03/2008
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Call To Arms
Allan Mallinson
Matthew Hervey is charged with raising a new troop, and organising transport for India - for he, his men and their horses are to set sail with immediate effect. What Hervey and his soldiers cannot know is that in India...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2007
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Company Of Spears
Allan Mallinson
It is 1827, and 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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2007
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Act Of Courage
Allan Mallinson
It's 1826, and Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is a prisoner of the Spanish, incarcerated in the fortress of Badajoz. As he plans his escape, his thoughts return to the year 1812 when he was a cornet in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2006
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Rumours Of War
Allan Mallinson
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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/04/2005
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Sabre's Edge
Allan Mallinson
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. Hot and dangerous work lies ahead for Matthew Hervey...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2004
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Regimental Affair
Allan Mallinson
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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2002
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Nizam's Daughters
Allan Mallinson
Fresh from the field of Waterloo, Matthew Hervey is dispatched on a mission of the secrecy. Leaving behind his fiancee, Lady Henrietta Lindsey, he must journey to India, an exotic land that will test his mettle to the very limit.
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2001
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Close Run Thing
Allan Mallinson
As war against Bonaparte rages to its bloody end upon the field of Waterloo, a young officer goes about his duty in the ranks of Wellington's army. He is Cornet Matthew Hervey of 6th Light Dragoons. Cornet Hervey faces decisions,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2000
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Act Of Courage
Allan Mallinson
Christmas 1826 finds Major Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons alone and isolated. A prisoner of the Spanish, he is locked up in the notorious fortress of Badajoz, with little means of outside communication. He must escape, but as...
Format: Audio Cassette - Released: 03/03/2005
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