Warrior

Informationen zum Autor A professional solder for thirty-five years, Allan Mallinson began writing while still serving. His first book was a history of four regiments of British light dragoons, one of which he commanded. His debut novel was the bestselling A Close Run Thing , the first in an acclaimed series chronicling the life of a fictitious cavalry officer before and after Waterloo ( The Tigress of Mysore is the fourteenth in the series). His The Making of the British Army was shortlisted for a number of prizes, while 1914: Fight the Good Fight won the British Army’s ‘Book of the Year’ Award. Its sequel, Too Important for the Generals , is a provocative look at leadership during the Great War, while Fight to the Finish is a comprehensive history of the First World War, month by month. Allan Mallinson reviews for the Spectator and the TLS and also writes for The Times . He lives on Salisbury Plain. Klappentext In South Africa, Matthew Hervey clashed with the Warrior King of the Zulu. Mallinson leads the field when it comes to authentic military storytelling with his high-ranking personal experience of active soldiering. He has a regular column in "The Telegraph" on the state of the army today. For all fans of military history adventure. Zusammenfassung 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 is a horrifying place.

Product details

• Authors: Allan Mallinson, Mallinson Allan
• Publisher: Bantam Paperbacks
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780553818628
• ISBN: 978-0-553-81862-8
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 34 mm x 199 mm
• Weight: 317 g
• Series: Matthew Hervey; Matthew Hervey
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, Historical romance, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Political, British Empire, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Regency, Republic of South Africa, Narrative theme: Politics, Historical adventure fiction, Napoleonic War fiction, Romance in uniform, Battles and campaigns