Rumours of war / Allan Malinson
2004, First Edition. London : Bantam. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 405 pages; Description: viii, 405 p. ; 24 cm. Summary: 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. Subjects: Great Britain. -- Army. -- Regiment of Light Dragoons, 6th -- Fiction. Hervey, Matthew (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Item #205149
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