Company Of Spears Av Allan Mallinson

<p><b><i><u>THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR</u> Allan Mallinson brings us another adrenalin-fuelled, absorbing adventure featuring Matthew Hervey. If you like Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and </i></b><b><i>CS Forester, you will love this! </i></b><br><b><br>"Captain Matthew Hervey is as splendid a hero as ever sprang from an author's pen" -- <i>THE TIMES</i></b><br><b>"A damn fine, rip-roaring read" -- <i>LITERARY REVIEW</i></b><br><b>"The heir to Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester" -- <i>OBSERVER</i></b><br><b>"Outstanding storytelling!" -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>"Fab read" -- ***** Reader review</b><br><br>*********************************************************<br><b>1827: Matthew Hervey is on the look-out for a new posting.</b><br><br>He soon finds one in the <b>Cape Colonies</b>, where there is need of a man to re-organise the local forces, and in particular to form a new company of horse.<br><br>Accompanied by a captain from the disbanded <b>Royal African Corps</b>, Hervey heads out into the great <b>South African plains</b> and towards the territory of the <b>Zulu</b> and their legendary leader, <b>King Shaka</b>. But it is not till he nears the Umtata River that his fiercest battle really begins. <br><br>For the Zulus fight like no army he has encountered before. <b>As Hervey and his troops are plunged into battle, death is only a heartbeat away...</b><br><br><b><i>Company of Spears </i>is the eighth book in Allan Mallinson's Matthew Hervey series. His adventures continue in <i>Man of War</i>. Have you read his previous adventures <i>A Close Run Thing, The Nizam's Daughters</i>, <i>A Regimental Affair, A Call to Arms, The Sabre's Edge</i>, <i>Rumours of War </i>and<i> An Act of Courage</i>?</b></p>