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1914: Fight the Good Fight: Britain, the Army and the Coming of the First World War by Allan Mallinson
Category: Military
'No part of the Great War compares in interest with its opening', wrote Churchill. 'The measured, silent drawing together of gigantic forces, the uncertainty of their movements and positions, the number of unknown and unknowable facts made the first collision a drama never surpassed...In fact the War wa ...Show more
A Close Run Thing by Allan Mallinson
Category: Fiction | Series: Matthew Hervey Ser.
Waterloo, 1815 - As the war against Bonaparte rages to its bloody end upon the field of Waterloo, a young officer goes about his duty in the ranks of Wellington's army. He is Cornet Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons - a soldier, gentleman and man or honour, who suddenly finds himself allotted a h ...Show more
Fight to the Finish - The First World War - Month by Month by Allan Mallinson
Category: History
'Mallinson . . . combines the authority of a soldier-turned-military historian with the imaginative touch of the historical novelist.' Lawrence James, THE TIMES We remember months, because months have names, because they are linked to the seasons, and because they have their own character. Looking at t ...Show more
Honorable Company - A Novel of India Before the Raj by Allan Mallinson
Category: Fiction
In a rousing follow-up to the critically acclaimed A Close Run Thing, Captain Matthew Hervey makes the hazardous sea voyage to India for what the Duke of Wellington has called "deuced tricky work." As Wellington's new aide-de-camp, Matthew's covert mission will embroil him in the jostling of native pot ...Show more
Light Dragoons: The Making of a Regiment by Allan Mallinson
Category: History
Although only formed in December 1992, The Light Dragoons look back to a history that began in the days of the first Jacobite rebellion. The 1922 reduction in the Army saw the amalgamation of four regiments of Hussars into the 13th/18th Hussars and the 15th/19th Hussars. Now they too have been amalgamat ...Show more
The Passage to India (#13 Matthew Hervey) by ALLAN MALLINSON
Category: Fiction | Series: Matthew Hervey Series
It is 1831, riots and rebellions are widespread . . . In England, the new government is facing protests against the attempts of the Tory-dominated House of Lords to thwart the passing of the Reform Bill. In India, relations are strained between the presidency of Madras and some of the neighbouring prin ...Show more
The Shape of Battle: Six Campaigns from Hastings to Helmand by Mallinson Allan
Category: History
One of our most distinguished military historians tells the story of six defining battles . . . Every battle is different. Each takes place in a different context - the war, the campaign, the weapons. However, battles across the centuries, whether fought with sticks and stones or advanced technology, h ...Show more
The Shape of Battle - Six Campaigns from Hastings to Helmand by Allan Mallinson
Category: History
One of our most distinguished military historians tells the story of six defining battles . . . Every battle is different. Each takes place in a different context - the war, the campaign, the weapons. However, battles across the centuries, whether fought with sticks and stones or advanced technology, h ...Show more