An Act of Courage

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While Hervey plans his escape from the Spanish, his memories turn to 1812, when as a young cornet he was part of Wellington's victorious army as it pushed its way north through Spain towards the Pyrenees. But first, the British had to storm the fortress where he is imprisoned now: Badajos - a fortress of huge strategic importance - where French resistance was at its most fierce and most bloody...

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.