A REGIMENTAL AFFAIR: A Novel

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Allan Mallinson's A CLOSE RUN THING andHONORABLE COMPANY stirred readers and critics with the military adventures of young Captain Matthew Hervey at the Battle of Waterloo and amid the harsh terrain and treacherous intrigues of India. Now, in 1817, Hervey returns to an England whose hard-won peace is shaken by the distress and discord of its people. And even as he is caught up in the turbulent dawn of a new era, he must combat a deliberate attempt to orchestrate his own ruin. The honors he won in India fell short of Captain Matthew Hervey's deepest desire-to return to his beloved 6th Light Dragoons. But now circumstances allow him to resume command of the unit-and to marry the beautiful Lady Henrietta Lindsay, whom he has loved since childhood. Meanwhile, however, his soldier's heart is pierced by the sight of men in British scarlet crippled in the service of king and country, now forgotten and cast off, reduced to begging and petty crime. It is no wonder that rabble-rousers clamor for reform and that lawlessness is erupting everywhere, from the cities to the countryside. A REGIMENTAL AFFAIR is a stunning tapestry of vivid characters, rousing action, and authentic historical detail that re-creates a world of polite English drawing rooms, poverty-stricken London streets, and frozen battlefields, where human passion and blind fate give birth to the destiny of a nation-and a hero. Third novel by the author of A CLOSE RUN THING and HONORABLE COMPANY, as well as LIGHT DRAGOONS, a history of British cavalry. (A REGIMENTAL AFFAIR is the third book in the Matthew Hervey series.) Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marled or price-clipped] L105