Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey returns to take command of the 6th Light Dragoons in his 12th enthralling adventure.
January 1830, one of the hardest winters in memory. The prime minister, the Duke of Wellington, bruised by his volte face over Catholic Emancipation, is in no mood to give way to the growing calls for parliamentary reform. Violent unrest in the countryside -- machine breaking, rick burning -- is on the increase, and violent...