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This second installment (after A Close Run Thing) in Mallinson's swashbuckling adventure series details the escapades of Dragoon Captain Matthew Hervey in 1816 India. Mallinson, a British cavalry officer himself, writes with the color and romance of a lancer and the slashing violence of a dragoon. After his heroics at Waterloo, Hervey is assigned as a junior aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington. Eager to avoid occupation duty in France, the young soldier is thrilled to be sent on a secret mission to India, a land dominated by the British-controlled Honorable East India Company. What Hervey does not understand at first is that his mission is not what it seems: rather than gather intelligence regarding the military strengths and intentions of several bickering Indian states, he is meant to advance Wellington's personal fortunes. Hervey's journey to the small state of Chintal is filled with peril and betrayal, but the stakes are raised once he reaches the rajah's elegant court. Aided by the robust and much-scarred Lieutenant Locke of the Royal Marines, Hervey battles marauders, a sepoy mutiny and an invading army's heavy artillery, and questions his own role as he finds himself deviating from his official orders. This is a rousing tale of conspiracy, double-crossings and bloody slaughter, and Hervey is an enduring hero, a young officer with brains and courage, and just a little self-doubt. (Dec. 5)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Capt. Matthew Hervey is back, having survived the Napoleonic Wars in A Close Run Thing. This time he is sent to Chintalpore in India to mend fences with the raja. But it looks like Waterloo all over again for the captain when the province to the west of Chintalpore threatens war.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A good read,
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This review is from: Honorable Company: A Novel of India Before the Raj (Paperback)
I don't understand some of the poor ratings. This is an entertaining piece of historical military fiction, with good characterization and lots of interesting detail. It is clearly going to be continued; so much for the concern about leaving the fiancee on the dock.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Facts and fiction,
By "victoria990" (New England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Honorable Company: A Novel of India Before the Raj (Paperback)
I was impressed with the Mallinson's bibliography , it provides excellent material for exploration. There is one major gaffe, the Indian Mutiny did not start in 1856, but in the following year 1857, at Meerut on a Sunday, May 10th. My other problem with this book was that the hero was always triumphant with whatever he undertook, which was not very realistic for India, and what happened to his poor fiancee? Is she still on the pier in France?
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Hervey in India,
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This review is from: Honorable Company: A Novel of India Before the Raj (Paperback)
I found this book a bit less interesting than the first in the series. Perhaps the pace was a lot slower. Hervey is now off to India where he finds much adventure, an a lot of Byzantine politics. The political world of India in the early 19th century is well portrayed. One can see where the Empire played such a vital role in protecting the country from brigends. The story developes slowly in this volume, as Malinson writes more in the style of Patrick O'Brien. Here we get lots of tips on how to maintain cavalry horses and the like. Perhaps a bit tedious at times, but character building nonetheless. The action is smaller scaled here, no more big slug-fests like Waterloo. In India Hervey finds the seductiveness of the landscape intoxicating at times. He learns to think on his feet and becomes adept at masterering the "petit guerre" of warfare in the East. This series shows promise, even if Hervey is no Sharpe, and Malinson no Cornwell.
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