An Act Of Courage: (Matthew Hervey Book 7) by Allan Mallinson (2006-03-01) Paperback

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Read this book in 2006, and its the 7th volume of the wonderful "Matthew Hervey" series.The year is now AD 1826, and our main protagonist Matthew Hervey at Christmastime being a prisoner at the famous fortress prison of Badajoz.This place with a history during the Peninsular War, its the place where the British fought the French in one of the most bloody and brutal confrontations in AD 1812, and its there that Matthew Hervey is reminiscing about his his achievements and failures.While contemplating his fate in that prison, he will get help from friends to get him out of that place and into safety.What is to follow is a wonderful tale about war and personal human feelings towards war that will take Matthew Hervey from a feeling of desolation towards elation, and it will give him perspective about life in the army and without it and thus appreciate all elements about that life, and he will especially realise that while being in prison in Badajoz, giving him some kind of peace of mind.Highly recommended, for this is another brilliant human addition to this wonderful series, and that's why I like to call this episode: "An Excellent Courageous Act"!

I am reading these in order, my summer reading and as far as reviewing this part of the series, I am going to depart from some of the findings of my fellow reviewers. I think Hervey a far more rounded character here(as you might expect after six previous outings)and I find myself far less exasperated by the man's priggishness than previously, which says more about a C21st liberal attitude to a C19th Tory institution than it does about the mores of C19th. Nonetheless as a paying customer who is determined to run the course, this is my two pennyworth.The difference in this volume is that he has more space and time for reflection and with age comes a little self knowledge and that self knowledge becomes corrosive. Hervey is still driven by ambition and Mallinson is still a better writer of male characters, though the only truly rounded ones of these are of the officer class. As ever Mallinson spoils those of us with a penchant for a bit of historical and technical context. As to the "lack" of action (great escape from Fortress Badajoz and a gallop around the field of Tavalera aside), I think Mallinson wanted time to find his character again. There is something of this in what I have read of Company of Spears.You cannot really put this up against a Cornwell in a direct comparison, Sharp is altogether about the adventure which is Cornwell's forte, history is a prop. Mallinson writes adventure well too, but the nature of leadership, the essence of the esprit de corps, the context of history is far more his milieux.As a stand alone story this only makes sense in relation to the book that went immediately before it, serially these two present a bit of a lull, but most careers are like that. In the context of the series this does bear reading and adds to the story that is Matthew Hervey.

I'm a sucker for tales of the Napoleonic Wars. C S Forester brought me into the genre with Hornblower and I read all of the Aubrey/Maturin novels as they came out. Allan Mallinson himself said that the work of Patrick O' Brian was an inspiration, and a fair dose of it has found its way into this chronicle of a cavalry officer's career.So this review is not solely for 'An act of courage' - it is part of a progress that started back on the field of Waterloo and has continued to entertain this reader throughout. The atmosphere and authenticity continues to work its spell all the way through. I enjoyed this tale. Recommended reading.

Cleverly combining past and present events in one novel, quite riveting and can thoroughly recommend the series of Harvey’s adventures

Another 5 star book from Allan Mallinson. Until I read the first of book of his in this series, I had never read (fiction) about the British cavalry's escapades other than in passing. This series of books give a real insight into cavalry warfare of the early 1800's - a 5 star read