Rumours of War

CD Edition

by Allan Mallinson
narrated by Errick Graham

Genre: Historical Fiction
Series: Matthew Hervey and the Light Dragoons (6th)
Age Group: Adult

Book Reference: DIR1159
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6253 0

Duration: 14h 30m (approx.) on 13 CDs

Publication Date: April 2008

Synopsis

1826: Napoleon Bonaparte is dead, the Congress of Vienna's work is done, and there is peace in Europe. However, in Portugal there is the scent of civil war in the air following the death of KingJohn VI.
Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to make an assessment and lend support to the Portuguese queen. His place on the expedition is secured with the help and influence of his new friend, Lady Katherine Greville. But the Peninsula is a place redolent with memories...