Rumours of War
Matthew Hervey seriesbook 6 of 8
An Act of Courage(2005) →
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
Portugal 1826
Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to lend support to the Portugese regent. But the Peninsula is a place redolent with memories. For it was here as a seventeen-year-old cornet that Hervey had his first taste of military action. The French had forced the British army into ignominious retreat until, under the leadership of Sir John Moore, they made a defiant stand at Corunna.
Read more
As he prepares for battle once more, Hervey finds himself confronting ghosts from his past ...
'Captain Matthew Hervey is as splendid a hero as ever sprang from an
author's pen.' The Times
Liked Rumours of War? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked Rumours of War. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
True Soldier Gentlemen Shares historical fiction, military, fiction -
The Devil's Own: Sergeant Jack Crossman and the Battle of the Alma Shares historical fiction, military, fiction -
By the Mast Divided Shares historical fiction, napoleonic, military -
Fire and Sword Shares historical fiction, military, fiction
