![]() ![]() One additional aspect of at least this first entry does deserve notice and will greatly appeal to many readers-it is the focus on the religious development of Matthew Hervey and the role of Christianity in the life of the army. Forester level he's still achieved a great deal. If his aim was Patrick O'Brian and he's struck instead at the C.S. Mallinson has developed a reputation for solid research and accurate detail from folks who should know about such things and a legion of admiring fans who enjoy the earnestness of Matthew Hervey and the dexterity with which the author handles old-fashioned thrilling adventure stories. It hits the ground running with Hervey in the midst of battle, an affair from which he'll emerge with both heroic accomplishments and the resentment of a superior, a combination that recurs throughout the rest of the book. This first novel begins the saga of Matthew Hervey, a cornet in the (fictional) Sixth Light Dragoons. ![]() So, with O'Brian's encouragement he determined to write them himself. ![]() Allan Mallinson is a former Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th/18th Cavalry who found himself enthralled by the Aubrey/Maturin adventures of Patrick O'Brian, but despaired of anyone ever producing an equally good series about Wellington's cavalry. ![]()
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