The Nizam’s Daughters

by Allan Mallinson Book 2 in the Matthew Hervey series.

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India, 1816. Fresh from Waterloo and separated from Lady Henrietta Lindsey, Hervey is dispatched on a confidential mission to the princely state of Chintal. A disputed succession, court factions and pressure from neighbouring powers turn what appears to be diplomatic duty into a test of intelligence and cavalry command.

Operating in unfamiliar terrain and within political traditions he does not fully understand, Hervey must judge allies whose interests do not coincide with those of the East India Company. Intrigue gives way to open fighting, forcing him to protect the state while confronting the assumptions British officers bring to Indian service.