Embark on an epic journey through the Napoleonic Wars with a young officer navigating the complexities of duty and honor. This historical series plunges readers into the heart of pivotal battles and political intrigue, showcasing the evolution of a gentleman soldier. Discover a compelling narrative filled with authentic military detail, personal courage, and the dramatic sweep of European history. Each installment offers a gripping account of valor and the challenges of leadership on the battlefield.
Waterloo, 1815As 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 hero's role ... schovat popis
THE FOURTH SPLENDID MATTHEW HERVEY ADVENTURE... It is 1819 and Matthew Hervey, in mourning for his beloved wife and disillusioned with military life, is kicking his heels in Rome when a chance encounter with an eminent English poet leads him to rethink his future. Spurred on, he is reunited with his much depleted regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons, and immediately charged with raising a new troop, for India beckons once again. But what begins as a relatively simple operation becomes a dark and dangerous march through the jungle as Hervey and his ill-equipped and inexperienced soldiers race to confront the Burmese warboats massing on the borders...
India, 1824Matthew Hervey and the 6th Light Dragoons are stationed in India, where conflagration looks set to flair.
Portugal 1826Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to lend support to the Portugese regent. For it was here as a seventeen-year-old cornet that Hervey had his first taste of military action.'Captain Matthew Hervey is as splendid a hero as ever sprang from an author's pen.' The Times
1827: Britain and the Mediterranean Captain Sir Laughton Peto, recently engaged to Matthew Hervey's sister, is sailing his mighty line-of-battle ship towards Navarino Bay, and war with the Turks.
Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is urgently summoned to the Cape Colony when he learns that the Zulu warrior King Shaka is about to wage war. Separated from his troop, Hervey must lead Shaka's queen across a hostile land where sanctuary has never seemed further away ...
It is 1831, riots and rebellions are widespread . Somervile has persuaded the Court of Directors of the East India Company to approve an increase in the Madras military establishment. The Rajah is in revolt against the East India Company's terms and Hervey's regiment is called upon to crush the rebellion.
