- Published: 5 May 2000
- ISBN: 9780553507133
- Imprint: Bantam
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $35.00
A Close Run Thing (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 1)
A high-octane and fast-paced military action adventure guaranteed to have you gripped!
- Published: 5 May 2000
- ISBN: 9780553507133
- Imprint: Bantam
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $35.00
'The account of the Battle of Waterloo is an imaginative feat of high order, owing as much as to thorough scholarship as it does to compassion and sensibility. Brilliantly conveyed.'
Daily Telegraph
'Now at last a highly literate, deeply read cavalry officer of high rank shows one the nature of horse-borne warfare in those times: and Colonel Mallinson's A Close Run Thing is very much to be welcomed.'
Patrick O'Brian
'As astonishingly impressive debut...Convincingly drawn, perfectly paced and expertly written...A joy to read'
Antony Beevor
'Allan Mallinson's grasp of the technical side of his subject is effortless and impressive...The portrayal of the men of all ranks is excellent.
Spectator
'The scope of A Close Run Thing is quite breathtaking...A sustained piece of bravura writing'
Observer
'An epic adventure...a book with a texture as rich as cut velvet, and a storyline as detailed as a Bruges tapestry. Patrick O'Brian may no longer be with us. But Mallinson has obviously taken up the historical baton'
The Birmingham Post
'Treads a middle course between the subtleties of O'Brian and the simplicities of Cornwell...An exciting, fast-moving story, full of bloody hacking with sabre and tulwar, which can at the same time be reflective and thoughtful about its setting and situation'
Evening Standard
'Rarely does one read the same book twice in one week. Mallinson writes with style, verve and the lucidity one would expect from a talented officer of l'arme blanche...His breadth of knowledge is deeply impressive even if it is modestly entwined in the fabric of this epic narrative. Kick on, Captain Hervey, we cannot wait for more'
Country Life
'Splendid news...Captain Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons and ADC to the Duke of Wellington is back in the saddle...A marvellous read, paced like a well-balanced symphony. This is more than a ripping yarn...I look forward enormously to hearing more of Hervey's exploits; he is as fascinating on horseback as Jack Aubrey is on the quarterdeck'
The Times