An Act of Courage, Allan Mallinson ,SIGNED ,1st edition,1st imp. Hardback, 2005

An Act of Courage(The Matthew Hervey Series - Book 7)\nby Allan Mallinson\nThis hardback has been published in the UK in 2005 by Bantam Press and is a first edition, first impression which has been signed by the author.\n*\nChristmas 1826 finds Matthew Hervey alone, and a prisoner. Captured by the Spanish, he is locked up in the notorious fortress of Badajoz, with little means of outside communication, his Prayer Book his only mental sustenance.\nWhile he plans his escape, his thoughts return to 1812 when, as a young cornet, he was part of Wellington's victorious army as it pushed its way north through Spain towards the Pyrenees. But first the British had to storm the fortress where he is now imprisoned. Badajoz - a fortress of huge strategic importance - where French resistance was at its most fierce and most bloody.\nWh.