by Allan Mallinson · Random House · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780553816747
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«An Act of Courage» is the historical adventure novel by Allan Mallinson, published by Random House in paperback (496 pages, in English).
At Christmas 1826, Matthew Hervey, an officer of the 6th Light Dragoons, is a prisoner in the fortress of Badajoz and plots his escape while recalling 1812, when he was a young cornet and took part in the bloody siege of that place during the Peninsular War. In Lisbon, his friends prepare a daring rescue.
Seventh instalment of the Matthew Hervey series, featuring the officer of the 6th Light Dragoons; the plot alternates between 1812 and 1826.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and military adventure, with particular attention to the life of the British cavalry in the Napoleonic Wars.
Brigadier Allan Lawrence Mallinson is an English author and retired British Army officer.
