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MALLINSON, ALLAN - The Sabre's Edge

 1550128363,
London: Bantam Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0593047281. DJ and boards show light shelf wear. Previous dealers stamp on front pastedown, some tanning of pages as is common in British publications from this period, remainder mark bottom page edges, bottom for corners a little bumped. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Matthew Hervey and the Light Dragoons #5; 9.2 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 320 pages; "1824. The Sixth Light Dragoons are still stationed in India and the talk in the officer’s mess is of war. The Burmese are encroaching on Company land and skirmishes are common on India’s borders. Meanwhile, across the country in Bhurtpoor the succession to the Raj has been usurped. The rightful claimant Balwant Sing has been forced from the throne by the war-mongering Durjan Sal. The conflict looks set to flair up into bloody conflict, taking the surrounding provinces with it. With the threat of war on two fronts the British troops must intercede. The trial ahead will test Hervey and his newly blooded troop to their very limits, for Durjan Sal has taken refuge in the infamous Bhurtpoor-a fortress surrounded by a deep moat almost five miles in perimeter, with thirty-five turreted bastions and the Tower of Victory built with the skulls of Lord Lakes’ defeated men. Hervey can be sure of one thing: the siege of Bhurtpoor will be hot and bloody work. Once again, the fortunes of Matthew Hervey and his courageous troop will be decided by the sabre’s edge.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 | £UK 14 | JP¥ 2725] Book number 20731

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