Author: MALLINSON, ALLAN
Title: The sabre's edge / Allan Mallinson
Description: London : Bantam Press 2003. First Edition. 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; 319 pages; Physical description: 319 p. ; 24 cm. Courageous troop will be decided by the sabre's edge. Summary: The year is 1824; the Sixth Light Dragoons are still stationed in India. and the talk in the officer's mess is of war. Border skirmishes with the Burmese are becoming more common and across the country in Rajputana. a dispute over succession sends war fever sweeping through the provinces. Review: Allan Mallinson gets better and better with his novels about Matthew Hervey and the Light Dragoons. The characters are very well observed. the stories first class and all are packed with action. In his latest. the year is 1824 and the place India. (Kirkus UK). Subjects: Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Light Dragoons. 6th - Fiction. Hervey. Matthew (Fictitious character) - Fiction. India - History - British occupation. 1765-1947 - Fiction.Weight in Kg appr.:

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