An Act Of Courage by Allan Mallinson Paperback Book 9780553816747

Its 1826 and Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is a prisoner of the Spanish incarcerated in the fortress of Badajoz As he plans his escape his thoughts return to the year 1812 when he was a cornet in Wellingtons Peninsula Army While Hervey paces his prison cell and relives the bloodshed of battles past friends rush to his aid