Author:
Title:
A close run thing : a novel of Wellington's army of 1815. --
Classification:
823.914 M254
Publisher:
New York, NY, Estados Unidos ; Toronto, Canada : Bantam Books, c1999.
ISBN:
9780553111149
Subjects:
Summary:
Tomado de Amazon: "In the tradition of Patrick O'Brian's beloved historical military adventures comes the first in a dashing new series featuring Cornet Matthew Hervey, a young cavalry officer in Wellington's army of 1815. A Close Run Thing. For two decades, since the French revolution, England and her allies have fought a seemingly endless war to loosen Bonaparte's stranglehold on Europe. Matthew Hervey, a twenty-three-year-old parson's son, has risen through the ranks of his Majesty's cavalry to a junior command in the 6th Light Dragoons. Torn by ambition and ensnared in the intrigues of Wellington's army, Matthew struggles to shape his destiny, but his efforts are about to be cast to the winds of fate. For amid the clash of armies, he will find himself a catalyst in the battle of the century...near the small Belgian village of waterloo."
Tomado de la solapa: "Cornet Matthew Hervey, a young cavalry officer in Wellington's army of 1815, brings alive the Napoleonic era and the armies whose blood stained the soil of turbulent nations, here is the story of one man whose valor and vision bring him honor, betrayal, and a challenge beyond his imagining.--
Tomado de la solapa: "Cornet Matthew Hervey, a young cavalry officer in Wellington's army of 1815, brings alive the Napoleonic era and the armies whose blood stained the soil of turbulent nations, here is the story of one man whose valor and vision bring him honor, betrayal, and a challenge beyond his imagining.--
