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Rumours of War

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 at Corunna. As he prepares for battle once more, Hervey finds himself confronting ghosts from his past.
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It is Portugal in 1826. Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to lend support to the Portuguese regent. But the Peninsula is a place redolent with memories. For, it was here as a seventeen-year-old cornet that Hervey had his first taste of military action. The French had forced the British army into ignominious retreat until, under the leadership of Sir John Moore, they made a defiant stand at Corunna. As he prepares for battle once more, Hervey finds himself confronting ghosts from his past...

Product Description

Title - Rumours of War

Edition -

Author - Allan Mallinson

ISBN 13 - 9780593047293

Imprint - Bantam Press

Publisher - Transworld Publishers Ltd

Date Published - 01/03/2004

Prize -

No. of pages - 416

Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - x x mm

Weight - 735 g

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