A Close Run Thing

by Allan Mallinson Book 1 in the Matthew Hervey series.

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Waterloo, June 1815. Cornet Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons enters the campaign as a conscientious junior officer still learning how duty, patronage and battlefield confusion shape a cavalryman’s prospects. As Napoleon’s return forces Europe into one final confrontation, Hervey must carry orders, preserve his troop and make decisions before he can know their consequences.

The fighting around Waterloo places him at the centre of the allied victory, but the aftermath is no less decisive. A personal attachment and a politically sensitive choice threaten his future even as his conduct earns notice from senior officers. The novel establishes Hervey as a professional soldier whose courage is inseparable from discipline and responsibility.