Buy this book on-line MALLINSON**, ALLAN: : A CLOSE RUN THINGLONDON.BANTAM PRESS,1999. ISBN 0593043731.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around colour,pictorial artwork by Chris Collingwood,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge lightly aged but bright and clean; front half of fore-edges's edges toned,second half brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,white ink blocked letters to spine/backstrip,blue+white headband, and immaculate blue+grey battle-plan map
illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5- 336pp [paginated] includes author's note,a dedication,18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Author's much acclaimed and sought after debut novel.
'A Close Run Thing' introduces an unforgettable hero,Matthew Hervey,a young coronet in the 6th Light Dragoons during the final days of the Napoleonic Wars.
Soldier and gentleman,though lacking independent means and influence,Hervey finds himself faced with questions,both military and romantic,which will carve out his destiny in these turbulent times and even influence the outcome of Waterloo.
As war rages across Europe,through the
battlefields of Spain and France,Bonaparte is dispatched to Elba and hopes rise for a lasting peace.After five years of campaigning Hervey is given a short interval to return home and reacquaint himself with his family's circumstances - and those of Henrietta Lindsay, his childhood sweetheart and secret love.
Before he can make his feelings known he is sent to join his regiment in Cork,where
tensions are rising between Irish tenants and their rack-renting English landlords.
There Hervey must face the increasingly volatile political situation and decide on which side his loyalties lie.When Napoleon escapes his island prison and returns to make war in France,Coronet Hervey and the 6th Light Dragoons are speedily sent to join Welington's forces for the final confrontation at Waterloo,and the dramatic
fulfilment of Hervey's purpose.
Written with authority by a serving cavalry office,'A Close Run Thing' combines Allan Mallinson's eye for intricate detail with historical authenticity and a true story-teller's craft.This,the first in a multi-part series of adventures featuring Matthew Hervey, marks the debut of a major new talent in historical fiction.
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