The Hussar

By George Robert Gleig

Book Overview

Steel flashes, horses surge, and reputation is won or lost in an instant. In The Hussar, G. R. Gleig turns the glamour of cavalry into a hard-edged historical war novel of marches, mess rooms, and split-second decisions. War strips life to bone. Drawing on the author's own service, this military adventure fiction follows the temper of a young officer as he learns what courage costs, and what it means to lead when fear is contagious. First published in the early nineteenth century, The Hussar stands among classic British fiction that helped shape how Britain later remembered the Napoleonic wars era. Its focus on cavalry soldier life, on honour and duty themes, and on battlefield leadership and courage gives the book a documentary bite without losing the pace of storytelling. Across 19th century Europe, the sabre charge sat beside boredom, mud, and paperwork. Gleig captures both with brisk, unsentimental precision and a keen ear for speech. For military history fans it offers lived detail and a soldier's eye; for classic literature readers it delivers voice, atmosphere, and moral pressure. It will particularly reward the Subaltern readers who admire Gleig's brisk realism and his sympathy for the ordinary man in uniform. A vivid companion to regimental histories, a touchstone of soldierly honour. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, presented as an unabridged classic edition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354503918
• ISBN13: 9789354503917
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"