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Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) Free Ebook FREERUMOURS OF WAR: (MATTHEW HERVEY 6) EBOOK Allan Mallinson | 560 pages | 13 May 2008 | Transworld Publishers Ltd | 9780553813524 | English | London, United Kingdom Allan Mallinson - Wikipedia Added by 10 of our members. Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to make an assessment and lend support to the Portuguese queen. His place on the expedition is secured with the help and influence of his new friend, Lady Katherine Greville. 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 a gruelling and ignominious retreat until, under the leadership of Sir John Moore, they made a defiant stand at Corunna. In the epic battle that followed, Hervey and the Sixth Light Dragoons played their part in one of the Napoleonic War's most famous military scenes. As the wave of the French onslaught broke against the solid rock of British resolve, the tide of war was turned once and for all in England's favour. Now, with the Spanish threatening the fortress at Elvas, and as Hervey makes ready for battle Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) again, the sights and Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) of the Peninsula bring back a flood of memories. But it is not only Spanish aggression and ghosts from his past that Matthew must confront. Lady Katherine has arrived in the Peninsula, and with very determined intentions. Genre: Historical. River of Gold Empirebook 11 Anthony Riches. Please email webmaster fantasticfiction. Allan Mallinson Book List - FictionDB Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Rumours of War by Allan Mallinson. Portugal Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to lend support to the Portugese 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 S Portugal Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to lend support to the Portugese regent. 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 Get A Copy. PaperbackRumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6). Published March 1st by Bantam first published March 1st More Details Original Title. Matthew Hervey 6. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Rumours of Warplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Rumours of War Matthew Hervey, 6. Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) 09, Domagoj Greguric rated it really liked it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. A good piece of relatively easy beach, holiday reading. This is my first book in Matthew Hervey series but i hope he is not such a perfectly honourable, infallible gentleman in all other books, because that would be boring. Here, at only 18 years old, MH is heroically charging at the French, schooling his older comrades, almost not fearing battle, dealing with a lack of sleep and extreme Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) and excertions throughout Sir John Moore's army destructive retreat towards Corunna admirably even for A good piece of relatively easy beach, holiday reading. Here, at only 18 years old, MH is heroically charging at the French, schooling his older comrades, almost not fearing battle, dealing with a lack of sleep and extreme fatigue and excertions throughout Sir John Moore's army destructive retreat towards Corunna admirably even for some older fellow. In short, he is too perfect. I suspect this is the trap most of gentlemanly English writers fall into - Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) of blemishing their main character even a single bit. As we have two perspectives on Matthew Hervey here andwe see that little has changed - his honour is possibly his only true feature, besides of course the unavoidable courage and a very bright mind. Also, all of his Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) and officers are equally heroic and gentlemanly, with the one exception Ellis being perhaps too much of a villain, and that for no apparent reason besides the book desperately NEEDING another bad guy next to of course the incapable French Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6), who are perhaps Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) today in the process of reforming their ranks and patiently waiting for mr Hervey's outnunbered troop to run them over in a glorious charge with little to no losses suffered and the enemy mauled. It Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) just be me, but I would prefer a more complex account, both regarding the main character give him some damn flaws! Let's be honest, all of us would instead prefer a novel covering some brutal British officer, such as Banastre Tarleton, and his battlefield theatrics and cruelty. What drives this man Luckily the campaign takes over the book in time, as the Portuguese endeavour turns out to be a dull, lifeless affair, purely there to kill some pages while we await the dramatic showdown at Corunna. Great plus for every scene with the legendary Sir John Moore, book's visual design and its bulky, very readable frame, with an amazing cover page and a map of Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) Peninsula maps are for me always a welcome bonus. The ending poem of Sir John Moore itself is enough to get the one grade up. Good summer reading, but I'll be waiting for a novel covering Tarleton or Benedict Arnold or someone of a similar, dishonorable lot. Feb 22, Al rated it really liked it. Matthew Hervey, back in England from India inis still single-mindedly striving to advance his career. In the absence of open war, this is difficult, but with the help of his paramour, he obtains an assignment in Portugal, England's ally. The country is split by competing aspirants for the crown, and the English seek to support one faction. As with his other books, Mallinson is heavy on exposition of people and places, and a slow-developing plot. The particular pleasure of this book, thou Matthew Hervey, back in England from India inis still single-mindedly striving to advance his career. The particular pleasure of this book, though, is how the author interweaves the "current" plot of with the back story of Hervey's involvement inas a freshly-minted Cornet, with the disastrous English retreat through Northern Iberia to Corunna. Again following form, the book finishes with a stunning climactic battle scene in Corunna, and a teaser ending in the "current" Portugal plot. Oct 06, Sue Law rated it liked it Shelves: fiction- historicalfiction-military. Nothing much happens apart from Hervey continuing his involvement with a married woman and travelling to and from Elvas, so Hervey starts intermittently remembering his first campaign, Sir John Moore's march to Astorgas and retreat to Corunna. This jumping between and is quite random and creates a disjointed narrative. Just as you are get - Portugal faces the prospect of civil war and Matthew Hervey forms part of a British military Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) to the incumbent government in Lisbon. Just as you are getting interested in one narrative, suddenly you are 17 years away. Also if I hadn't already bought the next book I probably wouldn't bother reading it. Sep 05, Dean David rated it it was amazing. Oct 06, Jeffrey rated it it was ok. This one was just tough for me to get through. First, I have several other books I am dying to get to; second, the library due date for an interlibrary loan was impending; and third most importantly as wellI found the narrative structure to be far less engaging that the other five Hervey novels I have read I rated all the others at 4 or 5 stars but not Rumors of War. This novel involves Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) returning to the Portugal twenty years after he had fought his way across the Peninsula with Wellington. These flashbacks are wonderful little tales, but they are long enough Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) I got lost from the original story while reading the flashbacks. I will definitely read more Hervey novels, but this one did not do it for me. It is probably worth noting that if I could find an audio version of this one, I will probably complete it, and I suspect I will enjoy it much more in that format. May 31, Simon rated it liked it. A great improvement on the rest of the series, Rumours of War: (Matthew Hervey 6) I can't help wondering if Mallinson secretly wishes he's started the series at the beginning of the Peninsula campaign rather than at Waterloo as this story runs two together. The main story built around the Miguelista uprising in Portugal and the Hervey's time as a young cornet in in the Spain of While the book was quite entertaining I did think the ruse at the end was a bit reminiscent of that Morcambe and Wise movie The Magnificent Two.
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