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Book SynopsisIn India, relations are strained between the presidency of Madras and some of the neighbouring princely states.
Having taken command of the action in Bristol to restore order after one of the bloodiest and most destructive riots in the nation's history, Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey is out of favour with the new government.
Trade ReviewMallinson's series of early 19th-century military adventures are even better than Patrick O'Brian's naval equivalent. In the latest,
The Passage to India we find our hero...called back to India. Faithful period detail. Rattling pace. Loveable characters. -- A. N. WILSON * The Tablet 'Summer Reading' *
