'Splendid...the tale is as historically stimulating as it is stirringly exciting'

'What a hero! What an author! What a book! A joy for the lover of adventure and military buff alike'

We have joined for action and to see the world and that is what we get...a novel for our time, perhaps?

Hervey is the thinking man's Sharpe. Mallinson is the true heir to Patrick O'Brian

'Mallinson's descriptions of regimental life and of the campaigns themselves ... crackle with detail and atmosphere ... Makes for an engrossing read, full of blood and valour.'

'An epic adventure...a book with a texture as rich as cut velvet, and a storyline as detailed as a Bruges tapestry. Patrick O'Brian may no longer be with us. But Mallinson has obviously taken up the historical baton'

'Allan Mallinson...has already achieved a considerable priase for his brand of derring-do in his first novel, A Close Run Thing...a début of real excitement and verve. With The Nizam's Daughters, the author has overcome the second hurdle with equal aplomb...Mallinson is a genuine storyteller'