All looks set fair for Major Matthew Hervey: news of a handsome legacy should allow him to purchase command of his beloved regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons. He is resolved to marry, and rather to his surprise, the object of his affections--the widow of the late Sir Ivo Lankester--has readily consented. But he has reckoned without the opportunism of a fellow officer with ready cash to hand.
"All looks set fair for Major Matthew Hervey: news of a handsome legacy should allow him to purchase command of his beloved regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons. He is resolved to marry, and rather to his surprise, the object of his affections--the widow of the late Sir Ivo Lankester--has readily consented. But he has reckoned without the opportunism of a fellow officer with ready cash to hand."@en
"All looks set fair for Major Matthew Hervey: news of a handsome legacy should allow him to purchase command of his beloved regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons. He is resolved to marry, and, rather to his surprise, the object of his affections - the widow of the late Sir Ivo Lankester - has readily consented. But he has reckoned without the opportunism of a fellow officer with ready cash to hand."@en
"The eighth novel in Allan Mallinson's series finds Hervey on his way to South Africa where he is preparing to form a new body of cavalry, the Cape Mounted Rifles."@en
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