A Close Run Thing.

ALLAN MALLINSON

Publication: Bantam Press, 1999, London

First edition. Author's first novel. Fine in dust jacket. Introducing Matthew Hervey of the Light Dragoons. As war rages across Europe, Bonaparte is sent to Elba and hopes rise for peace. After a brief visit back home, Hervey is sent to join his regiment in Cork, where tensions are rising between Irish tenants and their English landlords. When Napoleon escapes his island prison and returns to make war in France, Cornet Hervey and the 6th Light Dragoons are sent to join Wellington's forces for the final battle at Waterloo.

Inventory Number: 36228