Man of War - Hardcover

Mallinson, Allan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593053427 ISBN 13: 9780593053423

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2007

Synopsis

Captain Sir Laughton Peto, recently engaged to Matthew Hervey's sister, Elizabeth, has just taken command of HMS Prince Rupert, the only three-deck line-of-battle ship in commission. He is the proud master of a wooden fortress whose formidable firepower is the equal of Bonaparte's grand battery at Waterloo. But his passage to the Ionian - where Admiral Codrington is assembling an Anglo-Russian-French fleet to evict the Turks from Greek waters - will not be smooth sailing. First he must exercise his crew, most of whom have not seen action before. He has also been entrusted with the safe passage to Malta of the Admiral's youngest daughter. Six months on, and Matthew Hervey is in London recovering from another bout of malaria and the wound from his battle with the Zulu. All is set fair for his marriage to the eminently suitable Lady Lankester, and his subsequent return to active duty at the Cape. But trouble lies ahead as familial commitments clash with affairs of the heart, and Hervey finds himself embroiled in a military enquiry that can, at best, spell personal embarrassment, and that could result in public humiliation. As the cataclysmic battle of Navarino Bay looms ever closer for Peto and his crew, the full outcome of which is not known in London even six months later, Hervey faces a crisis that could change both his life and his military career...

About this title

About the Author

Allan Mallinson was a serving cavalry officer. He is also the author of Light Dragoons, a history of four regiments of British Cavalry, one of which he commanded, and a regular reviewer for The Times, the Spectator and the Literary Review. Allan Mallinson's previous novels, all featuring Matthew Hervey, are available in Bantam paperback. The Sabre's Edge and Rumours of War were Sunday Times hardcover bestsellers.

From the Back Cover

1827: at home and at sea, crises loom

In England, professional ambition clashes with personal happiness for Matthew Hervey of the Sixth Light Dragoons, while in the Mediterranean, his friend Captain Peto sails his mighty line-of-battle ship towards Navarino Bay, and war with the Turks.

From the Inside Flap

1827: Captain Sir Laughton Peto, recently engaged to Matthew Hervey s sister, Elizabeth, has just taken command of HMS Prince Rupert, the only three-deck line-of-battle ship in commission. He is the proud master of a wooden fortress whose formidable firepower is the equal of Bonaparte s grand battery at Waterloo.

But his passage to the Ionian Sea where Admiral Codrington is assembling an Anglo-Russian-French fleet to evict the Turks from Greek waters will not be smooth sailing. First he must exercise his crew, most of whom have not seen action before. He has also been entrusted with the safe passage to Malta of the Admiral s youngest daughter.

Six months on, and Matthew Hervey is in London recovering from another bout of malaria and the wound from his battle with the Zulu. All is set fair for his marriage to the eminently suitable Lady Lankester, and his subsequent return to active duty at the Cape. But trouble lies ahead as familial commitments clash with affairs of the heart, and Hervey finds himself embroiled in a military inquiry that can, at best, spell personal embarrassment, and that could result in public humiliation.

As the cataclysmic battle of Navarino Bay looms ever closer for Peto and his crew, the full outcome of which is not known in London even six months later, Hervey faces a crisis that could change both his life and his military career

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593053427
• ISBN 13: 9780593053423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416