

Ah, this is more like it. The last two novels seemed to drag on as Hervey plays military politics and looks around for a suitable wife while dallying with a married woman.
While he misses his chance for one goal in life, he does stumble into an engagement with a lady. Then it is off to The Cape to encounter prejudice (what again?) and the fearsome Zulus.
While he misses his chance for one goal in life, he does stumble into an engagement with a lady. Then it is off to The Cape to encounter prejudice (what again?) and the fearsome Zulus.